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Charts Stalin's use of the re-named NKVD to carry out the purges of the 1930s in which millions were arrested and ended their lives in forced-labour camps. This book looks at the organisation of the state's secret police in Russia during this time, its vast network of spies and informers, its units within the Red Army, and the special prisons.

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II. SS-Leibstandarte is an in-depth examination of the first Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in WWII. SS-Wiking is an in-depth examination of one of the most notorious, the Wiking division, which was largely recruited from foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries in Europe after 1940.

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in WWII. SS-Hitlerjugend is an in-depth examination of the unit formed in 1943 from veterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division and members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) organisation. The majority of the recruits were 17-years-old fanatically devoted volunteers.

From its creation in 1933 until Hitler's death in May 1945, anyone inside Nazi-controlled territory lived in fear of a visit from the Gestapo - Geheime Staatspolizei - or Secret State Police.

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Encuadernación: Cartoné Descripción: 192 p. il. col. 27x20 cmEl escritor y periodista Rupert Butler hace un apasionante relato ilustrado con más de 100 fotografías históricas, de los macabros métodos de tortura, muerte y represión utilizados en Rusia desde los zares Iván el Terrible y Pedro el Grande hasta centrarse en las prácticas de Stalin. Una descripción de la Cheka y otras organizaciones de seguridad como la OGPU, el NKVD y el MVD hasta ...

The use of terror has been a characteristic of Russia from the days of the Tsars. The Okhrana was the oppressive police force of the Romanovs. Then came the Cheka, the OGPU, SMERSH and the NKVD-organizations that used terror to control every aspect of military and civilian life. As a result, during 'the Great Patriotic War', Soviet soldiers and citizens feared not only the Germans but the tentacles of the secret police. To maintain iron discip...

While Germany's Italian and Japanese allies are well-known, the Axis was also made up of numerous smaller countries and collaborationist regimes in occupied territories.Author Rupert Butler pulls no punches in what is likely to be a controversial book, as he amasses substantial amounts of appalling evidence from contemporary documents to back up his condemnation of the Third Reich and its collaborators.