A PROBLEM OF OPENING OF THE SECOND FRONT IS IN EUROPE: LOOK AFTER SEVEN DECADES by A. A. Paderin

Subjects: “…contribution to a second front in the seal of the defeat of the wehrmacht…”
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Little-Known Operations of the Soviet Troops in Liberation of Czechoslovakia by V. B. Makovsky

“…In March - April 1945 as a result of the fighting of the 2nd and 4th Ukrainian fronts and friendly Czechoslovak and Romanian forces large groups of the Wehrmacht were defeated in the Western Carpathians. …”
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Viols nazis en Drôme (1944) by Franck Tison

“…The Drôme, strategic french department, was the scene of repression particularly ruthless by the Wehrmacht and the Gestapo in 1944. In the arsenal of iniquitous methods used by the Occupying forces in order to mak people’s minds and divide the resisting population, was rape. …”
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Limity důvěry. Bývalí vojáci Wehrmachtu ve službě u československého letectva v Británii za druhé světové války by Zdenko Maršálek

“… The paper explores the trust limitations of the Czechoslovak exile authorities during World War II towards those volunteers of the Czechoslovak exile military forces who had formerly served in the Wehrmacht. It has come to light that they were not prohibited from joining even the elite of the armed forces represented by air force units. …”
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Les « Malgré-Nous » et les « Malgré-Elles » : l’influence d’une catégorisation genrée sur la visibilité des témoignages des incorporé.e.s de force alsacien.ne.s dans la sphère publ... by Marie Janot-Caminade

“…During the Second World War, Alsatian men were enlisted by force in the Wehrmacht while Alsatian women were sent to paramilitary units against their will. …”
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THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT by A. A. Paderin

“…Trying to excuse themselves these authors explained the defeat of Wehrmacht using some accidental factors which were not connected with their activity as military leaders. …”
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Preparation of the New Military Units for the Front (the Experience of the Siberian Military District) by A. G. Bayer

“…By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet armed forces were no match in overall power terms to the fully mobilized Wehrmacht, but in terms of the number of major weapons they surpassed it. …”
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Tourism and Erotic Imaginaries in Wartime Paris: French and Germans during the Occupation, 1940-1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…A specially designated unit of the Wehrmacht arranged tours for thousands of its young soldiers, many of whom had never before left their native towns and villages. …”
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Des femmes allemandes au service de la guerre : participations actives aux politiques raciales nationales-socialistes, à la déportation et au génocide (1939-1945) by Elissa Mailänder

“…In 2009, Franka Maubach published Hold the Line [German: Die Stellung halten] examining the female corps of the Wehrmacht. The same year, Elissa Mailänder published her work on the violence of female concentration camp guards in occupied Poland [German: Gewalt im Dienstalltag]. …”
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Tourismus und erotische Imaginationen des besetzten Paris: Französinnen und Deutsche während der deutschen Besatzung von 1940 bis 1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…Eine eigens dafür vorgesehene Einheit der Wehrmacht organisierte Reisen für Tausende junger Soldaten, von denen viele zuvor noch niemals ihre Heimatorte verlassen hatten. …”
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Le tourisme et l’imaginaire érotique à Paris durant la guerre : Français et Allemands pendant l’Occupation, 1940-1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…Une unité spéciale de la Wehrmacht y a ainsi organisé des séjours pour des milliers de ses jeunes soldats, dont beaucoup n’avaient jamais quitté leurs villes et villages d’origine. …”
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