Hitler’s Last Levy & In a Raging Inferno

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This two-book print bundle brings together two detailed studies of the improvised and increasingly desperate forces employed in the defence of Nazi Germany during the final months of the Second World War: the Hitler Youth combat units and the Volkssturm.

In a Raging Inferno: Combat Units of the Hitler Youth is the first English-language book devoted to the combat role of the Hitler Youth at the end of the war. As the Third Reich collapsed under the advance of British, American and Soviet armies, boys – and in some cases girls – were drawn into frontline service, sometimes at an extraordinarily young age. Based on years of research and interviews with veterans, the book presents a disturbing and detailed account of their experiences, supported by rare photographs, eyewitness testimony and four pages of colour uniform plates by military artist Stephen Andrew.

Hitler’s Last Levy provides a highly detailed account of the German Volkssturm, the improvised Home Guard formed from men otherwise considered too old, too young or unsuitable for regular military service. It examines the force’s training, leadership, organisation, weapons and equipment, as well as its combat service on both the Eastern and Western fronts during 1944–45. The volume is supported by extensive appendices, translated contemporary documents, eyewitness combat reports, more than 150 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs, and four pages of specially commissioned colour uniform plates by Stephen Andrew.

Together, these two printed volumes provide a revealing examination of the final mobilisation of German society for war and the desperate measures adopted as defeat approached. Richly illustrated and grounded in first-hand testimony and detailed research, this 2-book bundle is an essential reference for readers interested in the final battles of the Third Reich, the Hitler Youth, the Volkssturm, and the collapse of Germany in 1944–45.