Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld

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The park, named after the Rothschild family who had bought the property in 1837, was appropriated by the Nazis and its palace destroyed in a 1944 RAF bombing raid. Today, the park includes a statue called Der Ring der Statuen depicting seven nude allegorical figures by Georg Kolbe, commissioned in 1941 but only erected in 1954.

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Now the sculptures will be shown again for the first time in the Spandau Citadel. One of the horses has been on display there for some time, and the second one is now being unveiled and examined by restorers. Jeffrey T. Fowler,illustrated by Mike Chappell (2001). Axis Cavalry in World War II. Men At Arms 361 Osprey. ISBN 1-84176-323-3, ISBN 978-1-84176-323-1. By 1945 the only French mounted troops retaining an operational role were several squadrons of Moroccan and Algerian spahis serving in North Africa and in France itself. Further information: Cavalry (United States) and United States Army Remount Service Burma, 1943 or later. Horse transport remained essential in remote, rough terrain even for the American troops ( Merrill's Marauders pictured). Two bronze horses sculpted by Josef Thorak for Adolf Hitler’s New Reich Chancellery that were abandoned on a Soviet military base in East Germany will become government property after a legal settlement with the collector who acquired them, according to the German culture ministry.

Max Werner (2006 reprint of 1940 edition). The Military Strength of the Powers. Read Books. ISBN 1-4067-9823-1, ISBN 978-1-4067-9823-4. Edwin Ernest Rich, Charles Wilson (1967). The Cambridge economic history of Europe, Volume 1. CUP Archive, 1967.

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David Glantz (editor). The initial period of war on the Eastern Front, 22 June–August 1941: proceedings of the Fourth Art of War Symposium, Garmisch, October 1987. Taylor & Francis, 1997. ISBN 0-7146-4298-3, ISBN 978-0-7146-4298-7 Waller, Anna L. (1958). "Horses and Mules and National Defense". Army Quartermaster Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27 . Retrieved 2008-07-17. Horses needed attendants: hitching a six-horse field artillery team, for example, required six men working for at least an hour. [1] Horse health deteriorated after only ten days of even moderate load, requiring frequent refits; recuperation took months and the replacement horses, in turn, needed time to get along with their teammates and handlers. [1] Good stables around the front line were scarce; makeshift lodgings caused premature wear and disease. [1] Refit of front-line horse units consumed eight to ten days, slowing down operations. [1] Colonel Philibert Collet's Free French Circassian Cavalry outside the railway station at Damascus, in the aftermath of the Syria-Lebanon campaign, 26 June 1941. According to the German culture ministry, a pair of enormous bronze horses which were crafted specifically for Adolf Hitler and which were previously part of a private collection are going to become government property. The horses, which were made by the Austrian-German sculptor Josef Thorak, were intended to stand at the entrance to the New Reich Chancellery; the dictator commissioned the building to be a physical representation of Nazi totalitarian rule. According to The Art Newspaper, the horses were acquired by a private collector after being left behind at a Soviet military base.The horse sculptures being removed from a storehouse in Bad Duerkheim, Germany, 21 May 2015. Fredrik von Erichsen/picture alliance via Getty Images

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Zaloga, Steven (1982). The Polish Army 1939–45. Men At Arms No. 117. illustrated by Richard Hook. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85045-417-8. Indeed, Brauneis points out that when there were objections in the press or among art critics to publicly commissioned art in West Germany, their complaints rarely had anything to do with the artists’ Nazi credentials. Rather, what united critics, press and public alike was hostility to modern art in the public sphere. In the Thirties, Adolf Hitler commissioned his favourite artists, such as Josef Thorak, Arno Breker and Fritz Klimsch, to produce a number of huge bronze sculptures that depicted German power and mastery. They included Thorak’s Schreitende Pferde (“Striding Horses”), two 10ft tall equine statues that were placed on either side of the steps to the garden at the rear of Hitler’s Chancellery in Berlin. “Whenever he stared outside,” writes Arthur Brand, “hatching plans to conquer the world, his view would include Thorak’s horses.” The legendary charge of Polish cavalry against German panzers, however, was a propaganda myth influenced by the Charge at Krojanty. In this battle fought on September 1, 1939, the Polish 18th Cavalry Regiment charged and dispersed a German infantry unit. [72] Soon afterwards the Poles themselves were gunned down by German armored vehicles and retreated with heavy casualties; the aftermath of the beating was fictitiously presented as a cavalry charge against tanks. [72]Gross and Brauneis think the issue is less clear cut in the German case. “We must go case by case,” says Gross. “There can’t be a general rule.” Brauneis argues that in some cases explanatory notes are enough. “Sometimes rather than destroying the past we have to learn about it and then live with it even if that is uncomfortable.” Kevin Conley Ruffner (1990). Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45. Men At Arms 229. Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-100-9, ISBN 978-1-85532-100-7.