 Mobilizing the Germans: the Wehrmacht and the SSKeith Grint Chapter 9 in Leadership, Management and Command, 2008, pp 211-233 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract German mobilization had started in 1935 and the system operated along strict age categories. The 100,000 members of the Mannheer’, the post-Versailles Treaty army that the Germans had managed to preserve, formed the nucleus of the army with many individuals assuming the positions of officers or NCOs in the new German army. In fact the Mannheer was restricted to 4,000 officers — but had it had 18,000 SNCOs and 30,000 JNCOs so that with 50 per cent of the soldiers recognized as having some formal leadership role it was effectively leader fill. After the invasion of France in 1940, Hitler had even managed to demobilize several categories of older troops (partly to employ them in munitions factories for the future wars) but the categories — and the criteria for avoiding military service — became progressively tightened as the war in the east foundered and the war in the west began again. Only German nationals were permitted to join the army, at least until 1942 forced a change of policy when it began recruiting non-Russians from the USSR, though the Waffen SS had recruited foreign volunteers from 1940.1 Keywords: General Staff; British Army; German Army; German Soldier; Tame Problem (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59050-2_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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