Nigel Thomas

The German Army 1939-45 (5) (eBook, ePUB)

Western Front 1943-45
Illustrator: Andrew, Stephen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the high command, the developments in unit organisation, the campaigns and the uniforms and equipment of the German Army in the last two years of the war in North-West Europe and Italy. Despite the huge pressure of fighting on three fronts, ever-worsening shortages of manpower and equipment, and Allied command of the skies, Germany's decimated divisions fought on with impressive skill and determination. This period also saw a fascinating mixture of obsolescent, newly designed, and field-made combat clothing which gave the German soldier a radically different appearance from his predecessor of just five years before. Men-at-Arms 311, 316, 326, 330 and 336 are also available in a single volume special edition titled 'German Army in World War II'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782002178
• Artikelnr.: 44626567

Autorenporträt

NIGEL THOMAS PhD is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military uniform consultant. His interests are 20th-century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He has written widely for Osprey with titles such as MAA 518 Polish Legions 1914-19 and Elite 227 Armies of the Baltic Independence Wars 1918-20. He was awarded a PhD for the study of the Eastern enlargement of NATO.

Inhaltsangabe

The Context of the North African and Balkan Campaigns · Foreign Volunteers
· The Strategy in North Africa · Army Uniform in North Africa · Orders of
Dress · Uniforms and Insignia of Foreign Volunteers · The Strategy in the
Balkans · Army Uniform in the Balkans · Other Insignia · The Plates