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French Army 1939–45 (1)

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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The French Army of 1939 was considered by contemporaries to be the strongest army in the world at that time.In fact, as the events of the next ten months soon revealed, the Army was riddled with fatal weaknesses. In this book, the first of two volumes examining the French Army of the Second World War, Ian Sumner and François Vauvillier examine the organisation, uniforms and equipment of the army of 1939-40 and Vichy France.It includes orders of battle and formation charts as well as many illustration and colour uniform artworks.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-04-15
Mått185 x 250 x 8 mm
Vikt180 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMen-at-Arms
Antal sidor48
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
IllustratörMike Chappell
ISBN9781855326668

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Ian Sumner was born in 1953 in Eccles, near Manchester, UK. He originally trained as a librarian in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but now devotes himself to full-time writing. He has written numerous titles for Osprey, and also several books on the history of the East Riding of Yorkshire, where he now lives with his wife.Francois Vauvillier is the greatly respected editorial director of the French Military publishers Histoire & Collections is the former editor of Gazette des Uniformes and of Militaria magazine. His special personal interests include French uniforms of both World War I and World War II. Mike Chappell retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers). He has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator, having written and illustrated many books for Osprey.