LEADER 03941cam a2200565Ia 4500001 255427 005 20240621230754.0 008 071010s2010 pauabc b 001 0deng d 020 9780977756315 |q(paperback) 020 0977756319 |q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)ocn177986116 035 255427 043 e-sw--- 049 LHMA 040 BTCTA |beng |erda |cBTCTA |dYDXCP |dINO |dCOH |dMHR |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCL |dLHM 050 4 DL861 |b.G95 2010 100 1 Gyllenhaal, Lars, |d1968- 245 10 Swedes at war : |bwilling warriors of a neutral nation, 1914-1945 / |cLars Gyllenhaal, Lennart Westberg ; translation by Carl Gustav Finstrom. 264 1 Bedford, Pa. : |bThe Aberjona Press, |c[2010] 264 4 |c©2010 300 xix, 394 pages : |billustrations, maps, portraits ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-389) and index. 505 0 Before the First World War: Varangians and other forerunners -- In Persian service, 1911-1916: the Shah's Swedish gendarmes -- In the service of the Kaiser, 1914-1918: "Germany's victory--Sweden's future" -- In the service of the entente and the United States, 1914-1918: "Until the end" -- At war in former Czarist Russia, 1917-1922: in the ruins of an empire -- In Ethiopian service, 1934-1936: For the Lion of Judah -- In Spanish service, 1936-1939: the first clash of the titans -- With Western Allies, 1939-1945: "A moral duty" -- In Finland's service, 1939-1945: Finland's cause was theirs -- In the service of the Third Reich, 1939-1945: toward the precipice with the Waffen--SS and Wehrmacht -- In Soviet service, 1939-1945: Stalin's Swedish soldiers -- After the Second World War: sequels and successors -- Final reflections. 520 "From the mud and bloody hell of Flanders to forlorn battles in Siberia and bitter street fighting to the very heart of Berlin 1945. From Africa to the Arctic, fighting men from a country frowned upon for its 'cowardly' neutrality participated in all the crucial battles of World War I and II. Their homeland was Sweden, which has enjoyed almost two hundred years of peace ... despite Sweden's policy of neutrality, no fewer than 23,000 Swedish citizens went to war between 1914 and 1945 ... [this book] also puts an end to the myth that most Swedes enlisted in Hitler's forces. Only 200 joined the Waffen-SS or the Wehrmacht of 1939-1945. In the same period, 9,000 Swedish citizens joined the Americans, the British, the Norwegians, and the Poles. In addition, well over 200,000 men of Swedish descent served in US, British, Canadian, and Australian Armed Forces"--Page 4 of cover. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Soldiers |zSweden |vBiography. 650 0 Military service, Voluntary. 650 0 Neutrality |zSweden. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, Swedish. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |vPersonal narratives, Swedish. 651 0 Sweden |xMilitary policy. 651 0 Sweden |xHistory |y20th century. 611 27 World War (1914-1918) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180746 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 650 7 Military policy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 Military service, Voluntary. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01021473 650 7 Neutrality. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01036590 650 7 Soldiers. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01125233 651 7 Sweden. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204537 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Personal narratives |vSwedish. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01424172 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 700 1 Westberg, Lennart. 852 0 |bstacks |hDL861 |i.G95 2010