I have chosen to edit the Wikipedia topic "War Crimes of the Wehrmacht." This entry, while developed, has areas that can be improved upon such as the section regarding photographs and the section regarding anti-jewish actions. I will also be able to bring a greater amount of knowledge to this topic as the book I will be focusing on is Omer Bartov's accounting of the transformation of the Wehrmacht from a neutral organization to an ideological army. Also, as this page currently seems to source older secondary sources I can bring newer literature that has since been published. For example, the book Soldiers: German POWs on Fighting, Killing and Dying features recording recently made public from hidden microphones placed in the barracks of German POWs which eliminates any doubt about the motivations of German soldiers. Lastly, as a full time student I have access to a large amount of academic journals which allows me to bring a large range of academic opinion to bear.
The sources I have so far
Omer Bartov Hitler's Army
Sonke Neitzel Soldiers: German POWs on Fighting, Killing and Dying (Not Available)
Shepherd, B. (2009). HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS THE CLEAN WEHRMACHT, THE WAR OF EXTERMINATION, AND BEYOND. Historical Journal, 52(2), 455-473. doi:10.1017/S0018246X09007547
Beorn, W. W. (2011). A Calculus of Complicity: The Wehrmacht, the Anti-Partisan War, and the Final Solution in White Russia, 1941–42. Central European History (Cambridge University Press / UK), 44(2), 308-337. doi:10.1017/S0008938911000057
Soldiers: German POWs on Fighting, Killing, and Dying
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