Hitler’s Last Levy & In a Raging Inferno (PDF)

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This compelling two-book bundle examines two of the most desperate and controversial formations 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 study 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 forces, 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 detailed study of the German Volkssturm, the improvised home-defence force created from men otherwise considered too old, too young or unsuitable for regular military service. It examines the formation’s training, leadership, organisation, weapons and equipment, as well as its combat service on both the Eastern and Western fronts during 1944–45. The book is further 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by extensive appendices, translated contemporary documents, eyewitness combat reports, more than 150 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs, and four pages of specially commissioned colour uniform plates by Stephen Andrew.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 volumes provide a revealing study of the increasingly desperate measures adopted by Nazi Germany as defeat approached. Rich in first-hand testimony, rare imagery and detailed military analysis, this two-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.