In a Raging Inferno is the first English-language book ever to recount the story of the Hitler Youth and its combat role at the end of World War II. During the desperate final months of the Third Reich boys (and girls) as young as ten were thrown into action against the advancing British, American and Soviet armies, frequently fighting with a fanatical and suicidal fury.

The author spent many years collecting material and interviewing veterans of the Hitler Youth combat units. The result is a fascinating - and sometimes disturbing - account, packed with eyewitness accounts and rare photographs. In addition, well-known military artist Stephen Andrew has produced 4 superb pages of color uniform plates.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Publishers’ note
• Foreword
• Introduction
• MAPS
• COMBAT UNIFORMS OF THE HITLER YOUTH
• PART I COMBAT DEPLOYMENT OF THE HITLER YOUTH OUTSIDE THE GERMAN REICH
  • 1 In Transylvania
  • 2 The Serbian Banat
  • 3 Hungary
• PART II COMBAT DEPLOYMENT OF THE HITLER YOUTH ON THE EASTERN FRONT
  • 1 East Prussia
  • 2 Silesia
  • 3 West Prussia and Pomerania
  • 4 On the Oder and in Brandenburg
  • 5 Berlin
  • 6 Eastern Austria
• PART III COMBAT DEPLOYMENT OF THE HITLER YOUTH ON THE WESTERN FRONT
  • 1 North Germany
  • 2 On the Rhine and in the Ruhr
  • 3 In the Harz
  • 4 Central Germany
  • 5 Southern Germany
  • 6 Vorarlberg and the Tyrol
  • 7 Upper Austria
• APPENDICES
  • I Chronology, 1944–45
  • II Supplementary Hitler Youth combat reports
  • III Hitler Youth crimes during the closing phase of the Second World War
  • IV Additional report relating to the executions carried out by Hitler Youth in Reichenau, April-May 1945
  • V Lower Saxon Hitler Youth propaganda leaflet, 1945
  • VI German propaganda leaflet, 1945
  • VII Soviet propaganda leaflet directed at Hitler Youth fighting in defence of Breslau, 1945
  • VIII German propaganda leaflet, Breslau, 1945
  • IX A view of the “other side”
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Plates