Military uniforms / insignia Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Armies of the ItalianTurkish War
Book SynopsisThis title chronicles and illustrates Italy''s conquest of Libya during the Italian-Turkish War, which involved not only the armies and navies of both sides, but also a number of tribal insurgents, and had major implications for both World Wars.In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west. Libya had fertile coastal territory, and was the last North African (almost, the last African) region not yet conquered by a European colonialist power. Italy was a young country, ambitious for colonies, but had been defeated in Ethiopia in the 1890s. The Italian government of Giovanni Giolitti was keen to overwrite the memory of that failure, and to gain a strategic grip over the central Mediterranean by seizing Libya, just across the narrows from Sicily.The Italian expeditionary force that landed in October 1911 Trade ReviewThis is a useful introduction to this relatively little known war, with a good balance between the normal examination of the armies and the rather more useful narrative of events. * HistoryofWar *Table of ContentsHistorical Background Forces in the Field Chronology Operations The Aegean Front Conclusion & Consequences The Armies Select Bibliography Plate Commentaries Index
£11.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd US Combat Helmets of the 20th Century Schiffer
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Uniforms of the Republic of Texas
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd HATS OFF Head Dress of the US Army 18721912 X
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£51.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd German Uniforms of the 20th Century Vol.I The
Book SynopsisAll aspects of German panzer troop uniforms in over 200 photos, many in color.
£19.54
Editions Heimdal DéCorations Allemandes: Militaires (1935-1945) Et
Book SynopsisThis exceptional book with no equivalence in French shows all the German military decorations instituted in Germany between 1935 and 1945 in the form of precise notes, accompanied by high quality photographs by Jörg-M Hormann, then the civilian decorations (including the RAD or the Westwall among others) presented by Volker A. Behr. Military decorations: - 1931-1935: Insignias for mountain guides, sport, the Luftwaffe pilots and observers (Flugzeugführer, Beobachter), 1914-1918 War Cross of Honour. - 1936-1937: Wehrmacht service decoration, Luftwaffe and Heer Fallschirm-schützen-Abzeichen rescue medal -1938-1939: SS Service medals, Commemorative Medals for the return of Memel, 13 March 1938 and 1 October 1938, Spanish Civil War decorations, etc. - 1939: Iron Cross, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, Wounded Medal, Sub-mariner Insignia, War Merit Cross, Infantry and Panzers combat insignias. - 1940: Ehrenpokal, General Assault Insignia, Narwikschild, War Merit Medal, etc. - 1941: Flak Insignia, Gold German Cross; etc. - 1942: Tank Destroyer insignia, Luftwaffe Ground Fighting and Winter Campaign medal, Cholmschild, Krimschild, “Kreta” sleeve band. - 1943: “Afrika” sleeve band, Demjanskschild, Kubanschild, etc. - 1944: Heer Sharpshooter Insignia, “Metz” sleeve band, Warschauschild, 20 July 1944 Wounded Insignia, etc. - 1945: “Kurland” Sleeve band, aircraft destruction insignia, etc. Each note is classified by the date the decoration was created. In the second part, concerning the civilian decorations, first are those which were created during the Weimar Republic, then the Olympic Games medals, the Firemen, the Luftschutz, the German Mothers, the Police, the Red Cross, etc. This 338-page colour volume translated and adapted from the German is an essential and a precise tool for all Second World War collectors or history buffs.
£69.70
Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza The 38m Toldi Light Tank
Book SynopsisThe 38M Toldi light tank, contrary to its designation, went into service in 1940. At the time it was the state of art armoured weaponry of the Hungarian Army. Before that time the Army had its WW1 style armoured trains, armoured cars and the tiny Italian FIAT Ansaldo tankettes. The 38M Toldi light tank and its Swedish origin the L-60 were the same class as the German Pz. II, the Polish 7TP, the Soviet T-40 and T-60 light tanks, designated for reconnaissance and liaison role. However, at the beginning of the war it was the only tracked armoured vehicles of the Hungarians to fight the Red Army in 1941. The 38M Toldi light tank was also the first armoured vehicle produced by the Hungarian War Industry during the war.Trade ReviewMujzer’s text is well supported with many monochrome photographs, covering every inch of the tank. That and the technical drawings and colour plates, will make modelers and wargamers happy. * Wargames Illustrated 11/05/2021 *
£21.95
