Jeff Rutherford
@jeffcrutherford.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Germany, the Second World War, and the German Army. Research focus on the German army's ideological, operational, and economic war against the Soviet Union. Teaches at Xavier University.
Hook'em.
Hook'em.
Take advantage of the 44% off sale at @cornellupress.bsky.social and pick up the book Robert and I edited, The German-Soviet War. Makes a great holiday gift for those interested in the broader context of the war on the Eastern Front.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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The German-Soviet War by edited by Jeff Rutherford and Robert von Maier | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
The German-Soviet War revises the conflict's generally accepted understanding through case studies, demonstrating the complexity of the war at the local level. The contributors assembled by Jeff Ruthe...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Take advantage of the 44% off sale at @cornellupress.bsky.social and pick up the book Robert and I edited, The German-Soviet War. Makes a great holiday gift for those interested in the broader context of the war on the Eastern Front.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Regular reminder that the full set of German intelligence assessments for Operation CRUSADER is here, together with some explanations and background.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
Panzerarmee Intelligence Reports
The table below gives easy access to the daily reports. The background to these reports is as set out below. The reports were made daily to the High Command of the Army’s Foreign Armies West …
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November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Regular reminder that the full set of German intelligence assessments for Operation CRUSADER is here, together with some explanations and background.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
This is to my knowledge the most/only comprehensive resource in English covering German intelligence of their enemy in a specific operation in WW2.
Let’s see if the afternoon is better for this question.
Historians of Germany, fascism, & the Second World War: any suggestions for recent book chapters/articles that examine the historiography of Nazi Germany along the lines of those in Kershaw's rather dated The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems & Perspectives of Interpretations? It's for a senior seminar.
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Let’s see if the afternoon is better for this question.
Historians of Germany, fascism, & the Second World War: any suggestions for recent book chapters/articles that examine the historiography of Nazi Germany along the lines of those in Kershaw's rather dated The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems & Perspectives of Interpretations? It's for a senior seminar.
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Historians of Germany, fascism, & the Second World War: any suggestions for recent book chapters/articles that examine the historiography of Nazi Germany along the lines of those in Kershaw's rather dated The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems & Perspectives of Interpretations? It's for a senior seminar.
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“Woke has no place at the Alamo,” Buckingham said of the building where everyone famously acquiesced to the rule, wisdom and customs of those in power.
There’s trouble at the Alamo again, this time on social media.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said her staff is investigating the Alamo Trust following a social media post celebrating “Indigenous Peoples.”
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said her staff is investigating the Alamo Trust following a social media post celebrating “Indigenous Peoples.”
The Alamo removed this social media post. A Texas official called it woke.
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said her staff is investigating how the site's online content is approved.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“Woke has no place at the Alamo,” Buckingham said of the building where everyone famously acquiesced to the rule, wisdom and customs of those in power.
This thought-provoking piece is worth a read (take two).
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
Historical Imagination and Alternatives to the Schlieffen Plan
And Why It's Worth Remembering Yesterday's Tomorrow
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This thought-provoking piece is worth a read (take two).
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
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Available for pre-order now. Recommend to all of your friends who think of WWI only in terms of the Western Front! The results of two hugely talented historians co-authoring a book.
September 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Available for pre-order now. Recommend to all of your friends who think of WWI only in terms of the Western Front! The results of two hugely talented historians co-authoring a book.
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something the American isolationists have never appreciated is the degree to which Europe not feeling this way was a material benefit to us
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
something the American isolationists have never appreciated is the degree to which Europe not feeling this way was a material benefit to us
In case anyone is looking for a primary source reader on the German army on the Eastern Front in the Second World War, the one I co-wrote with Adrian Wettstein is one sale for $12.14 on Amazon. Described by the incomparable @crusaderproject.bsky.social as "a must."
www.amazon.com/German-Army-...
www.amazon.com/German-Army-...
The German Army on the Eastern Front: An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War
The German Army on the Eastern Front: An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War [Rutherford, Jeff Rutherford, Wettstein, Adrian] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The German Army on the Eastern Front: An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War
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September 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In case anyone is looking for a primary source reader on the German army on the Eastern Front in the Second World War, the one I co-wrote with Adrian Wettstein is one sale for $12.14 on Amazon. Described by the incomparable @crusaderproject.bsky.social as "a must."
www.amazon.com/German-Army-...
www.amazon.com/German-Army-...
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David Alegre Lorenz - Verdugos del 36
La maquinaria del terror en la Zaragoza golpista
À paraître en octobre chez Critica
La maquinaria del terror en la Zaragoza golpista
À paraître en octobre chez Critica
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
David Alegre Lorenz - Verdugos del 36
La maquinaria del terror en la Zaragoza golpista
À paraître en octobre chez Critica
La maquinaria del terror en la Zaragoza golpista
À paraître en octobre chez Critica
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As I noted a while back, this is a new feature on the blog, aiming not to make me rich (ha!) but just to defray some of the cost of running the shop.
The articles retail for £4, this is the first one.
@alanallport.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
The articles retail for £4, this is the first one.
@alanallport.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
New Article (paid content) – Failure at Beda Fomm, 23 Dec 1941
Background Payment for (some) content is a new feature, in which we are trying to recover some of the cost for running the blog through providing in-depth content related to the desert war. Feature length articles such as this will be…
Background Payment for (some) content is a new feature, in which we are trying to recover some of the cost for running the blog through providing in-depth content related to the desert war. Feature length articles such as this will be…
New Article (paid content) – Failure at Beda Fomm, 23 Dec 1941
Background Payment for (some) content is a new feature, in which we are trying to recover some of the cost for running the blog through providing in-depth content related to the desert war. Feature length articles such as this will be subject to payment of UK£4 or local currency equivalent. General blog entries are going to remain free, there are no plans for a subscription requirement, and the blog will remain advertisement-free as well, because we hate advertisement.
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September 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As I noted a while back, this is a new feature on the blog, aiming not to make me rich (ha!) but just to defray some of the cost of running the shop.
The articles retail for £4, this is the first one.
@alanallport.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
The articles retail for £4, this is the first one.
@alanallport.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social
You know things are going well when a school district tries to attract students by touting its metal detectors in a tv commercial.
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You know things are going well when a school district tries to attract students by touting its metal detectors in a tv commercial.
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The best hope for America's continued future as a great power lies in Trump's indiscipline and incompetence undermining MAGA attempts at authoritarian regime-building in ways that enable Democrats to win in 2026 and 2028
For those asking, here’s the video of the sociopath.
(🎥 Newsmax)
(🎥 Newsmax)
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The best hope for America's continued future as a great power lies in Trump's indiscipline and incompetence undermining MAGA attempts at authoritarian regime-building in ways that enable Democrats to win in 2026 and 2028
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The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
September 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
You're taking a class, not buying a product.
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A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
September 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
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And not to be dramatic, but it’s never a bad thing to have a non-abstract sense of the murderous lengths American corporate and governmental power structures will go to in order protect themselves. None of this is ancient history.
September 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And not to be dramatic, but it’s never a bad thing to have a non-abstract sense of the murderous lengths American corporate and governmental power structures will go to in order protect themselves. None of this is ancient history.
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Whenever someone mentions Baedeker, I just have to mention that they published a travel guide for...the General Government in 1943.
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About the 1943 Baedeker Guide of the General Government of Poland - Jews, Europe, the XXIst century
In 1943, a Baedeker on the General Government of Poland was published. The famous tourist guide offered Germans a tour of the Polish outpost of the Eastern living space - also referred to by the Nazis...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Whenever someone mentions Baedeker, I just have to mention that they published a travel guide for...the General Government in 1943.
k-larevue.com/en/about-the...
k-larevue.com/en/about-the...
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A university's most precious long-term asset (faculty) is the same population of workers that most universities do everything they can to render precarious, anxious, and isolated. I'm a consultant now, give me a million dollars
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A university's most precious long-term asset (faculty) is the same population of workers that most universities do everything they can to render precarious, anxious, and isolated. I'm a consultant now, give me a million dollars
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Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter – doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in Danzig.
Von Jacek Lepiarz für die Deutsche Welle.
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Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter – doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in Danzig.
Von Jacek Lepiarz für die Deutsche Welle.
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www.dw.com/de/polen-die...
Polen in der Wehrmacht: Verräter oder Opfer NS-Deutschlands? – DW – 29.08.2025
Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter - doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in...
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August 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter – doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in Danzig.
Von Jacek Lepiarz für die Deutsche Welle.
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www.dw.com/de/polen-die...
Bis zu 450.000 Polen haben im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der deutschen Wehrmacht gedient. Lange galten sie als Landesverräter – doch die historische Wahrheit ist komplizierter. Das zeigt eine Ausstellung in Danzig.
Von Jacek Lepiarz für die Deutsche Welle.
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www.dw.com/de/polen-die...
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"SA-Führer: The Senior Leadership of Hitler's Storm Troops, 1920-1945, Volume 1 (Oberster SA-Führer and SA-Stabschef)" has been printed. UK release date: 30 October 2025, U.S. release about a month after that.
#Nazis #WW2 #Germany #ThirdReich #Holocaust #History #Hitler #WarCrimes #Genocide
#Nazis #WW2 #Germany #ThirdReich #Holocaust #History #Hitler #WarCrimes #Genocide
August 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"SA-Führer: The Senior Leadership of Hitler's Storm Troops, 1920-1945, Volume 1 (Oberster SA-Führer and SA-Stabschef)" has been printed. UK release date: 30 October 2025, U.S. release about a month after that.
#Nazis #WW2 #Germany #ThirdReich #Holocaust #History #Hitler #WarCrimes #Genocide
#Nazis #WW2 #Germany #ThirdReich #Holocaust #History #Hitler #WarCrimes #Genocide
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.
All those years fighting fascism and then communism to create our own KZ Lager universe/Gulag archipelago.
August 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
All those years fighting fascism and then communism to create our own KZ Lager universe/Gulag archipelago.
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If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
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August 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM