You are kindly invited to the seminar entitled \u201cT\u00fcrkiye in German Strategic Considerations during the Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1944\u201d organized by the Department of History.<\/p>\n
Date: 26 January 2026, Monday
\nTime: 12.30
\nAvenue: AZ-31 Seminar Room<\/p>\n
Title: T\u00fcrkiye in German Strategic Considerations during the Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1944<\/p>\n
Speaker: Alan Donohue, University of Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9, Czech Republic<\/p>\n
Abstract:<\/p>\n
Dr. Donohue will analyse the role of T\u00fcrkiye in German strategic thought during the Nazi\u2013Soviet War from 1941 to 1944. Key to its understanding is how National Socialist racial ideology classified the state of T\u00fcrkiye and its \u201cnon-Aryan\u201d population \u2014 positioning them ambiguously within Nazi hierarchies yet keeping them within Germany\u2019s strategic imagination. The main section will examine Germany\u2019s wartime aims: did Berlin genuinely seek Turkish entry into the conflict, or was strict neutrality more advantageous? Drawing on Wehrmacht assessments of the Turkish military, German intelligence reports, and diplomatic exchanges, the lecture will outline the perceived benefits and dangers of Turkish intervention. It will also situate Germany\u2019s policies within wider geopolitical concerns \u2014 including the Straits, pan-Turanism, and Balkan security \u2014 while simultaneously assessing the strong imprint on German policy of Hitler\u2019s personal strategic and racial convictions.<\/p>\n
Bio:
\nDr. Alan Donahue is Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 in the Czech Republic. He received his PhD in History from Trinity College, Dublin, in 2015. Dr. Donahue\u2019s research examines the relationship between military institutions, political authority, and state formation in late 19th and 20th-century Europe. His recent monograph, entitled \u201cWarlord Hitler: With Reference to the Campaign in Southern Russia in 1942\u201d, examines Adolf Hitler as military commander and strategist between the outbreak of the Second World War and the end of 1942, reconstructing Hitler\u2019s strategic decision-making across a range of functional domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You are kindly invited to the seminar entitled \u201cT\u00fcrkiye in German Strategic Considerations during the Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1944\u201d organized by the Department of History. Date: 26 January 2026, Monday Time: 12.30 Avenue: AZ-31 Seminar Room Title: T\u00fcrkiye in German Strategic Considerations during the Nazi-Soviet War, 1941-1944 Speaker: Alan Donohue, University [\u2026] <\/p>\n