Download or read book Gebirgsj ger written by Merriam Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage of the units, weapons, uniforms, insignia, equipment, men and activities of Germany's mountain troops in these 24 articles: Gebirgsjäger: Germany's Mountain Troops; Gebirgsjäger Weapons; Gebirgsjäger Equipment; Gebirgsjäger Awards; Story of a Jäger: Gabriel Kopold, 1st Gebirgs Division; 98th Gebirgsjäger Regiment, 12th Company; 1st Gebirgsjäger Division; 2nd Gebirgsjäger Division; 3rd Gebirgsjäger Division; 4th Gebirgsjäger Division; 5th Gebirgsjäger Division; 6th Gebirgsjäger Division; 7th Gebirgsjäger Division; 8th Gebirgsjäger Division; 9th Gebirgsjäger Division; 157th Gebirgsjäger Division; 188th Reserve Gebirgsjäger Division; 188th Gebirgsjäger Division; 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment, 5th Gebirgsjäger Division; Hochgebirgs-Jäger Battalions; 1st Skijäger Division; Attack on Marukhkoy Pass: Caucasus, September 1942; Kriegsmarine Gebirgsjäger; Gebirgsjäger Present Their Comradeship; Gebirgsjäger Photo Album. Plus a complete reprint of Special Series 28, German Mountain Troops, issued by the Military Intelligence Service of the War Department in December 1944. 365 photos and illustrations, 4 maps, 14 tables. A Merriam Press World War II History.
Download or read book Gebirgsj Ger written by JEAN-DENIS. LEPAGE and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gebirgsjaeger Germany s Mountain Troops written by Ray Merriam and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Military Monograph 101. Fifth Edition (October 2012). articles on the units, weapons, uniforms, insignia, equipment, men and activities of Germany's mountain troops. CONTENTS: Gebirgsjäger: Germany's Mountain Troops; Gebirgsjäger Weapons; Gebirgsjäger Equipment; Gebirgsjäger Awards; Story of a Jäger: Gabriel Kopold, 1st Gebirgs Division, 98th Gebirgsjäger Regiment, 12th Company; 1st Gebirgsjäger Division; 2nd Gebirgsjäger Division; 3rd Gebirgsjäger Division; 4th Gebirgsjäger Division; 5th Gebirgsjäger Division; 6th Gebirgsjäger Division; 7th Gebirgsjäger Division; 8th Gebirgsjäger Division; 9th Gebirgsjäger Division; 157th Gebirgsjäger Division; 188th Reserve Gebirgsjäger Division; 188th Gebirgsjäger Division; 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment, 5th Gebirgsjäger Division; Hochgebirgs-Jäger Battalions; 1st Skijäger Division; Attack on Marukhkoy Pass: Caucasus, September 1942; Kriegsmarine Gebirgsjäger; Gebirgsjäger Present Their Comradeship; Gebirgsjäger References; Gebirgsjäger Photo Album. Also includes a complete reprint of "German Mountain Troops," U.S. War Department Military Intelligence Service Special Series 28, December 1944. 366 photos; 4 maps; 24 illustrations; 33 drawings; 16 tables.
Download or read book Gebirgsjaeger written by Ray Merriam and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crete 1941 written by Peter Antill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Mercury, the German airborne assault on the island of Crete in May 1941, was the first strategic use of airborne forces in history. The assault began on 20 May, with landings near the island's key airports, and reinforcements the next day allowed the German forces to capture one end of the runway at Maleme. By 24 May, the Germans were being reinforced by air on a huge scale and on 1 June Crete surrendered. This book describes how desperately close the battle had been and explains how German losses so shocked the Führer that he never again authorised a major airborne operation.
Download or read book The Petsamo Kirkenes Operation written by James F. Gebhardt and published by Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1989, this a volume from the Combat Studies Institute "Leavenworth Papers" series. In the fall of 1944, some 56,000 German troops of the XIX Mountain Corps were occupying a strongpoint line just 70 kilometers northwest of Murmansk, about 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. To clear these enemy forces from Soviet territory, STA VKA ordered General K. A. Meretskov's Karelian Front to plan and conduct an offensive, which was to be supported by Admiral A. G. Golovko's Northern Fleet. This Leavenworth Paper explains the planning and conduct of this offensive, known in Soviet military historiography as the Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation. The Soviet force of approximately 96,000 men was organized into a main attack force of two rifle corps, a corps- size economy-of-force formation, and two envelopment forces, one consisting of two naval infantry brigades and the other of two light rifle corps of two brigades each. The Soviets employed over 2,100 tubes of artillery and mortars, used 110 tanks and self-propelled guns, and enjoyed overwhelming air superiority. Engineer special-purpose troops infiltrated up to fifty kilometers behind German forward positions to conduct reconnaissance before the battle. On 7 October 1944, the Soviets began the offensive with a 97,000-round artillery preparation, followed by an infantry attack.
Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book German Elite Forces written by Michael Sharpe and published by Booksales. This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth in a nine-book series, examining the tactics and strategies made by German officers in the second World War.
Download or read book Crete 1941 written by Peter Antill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operation Mercury, the German airborne assault on the island of Crete in May 1941, was the first strategic use of airborne forces in history. The assault began on 20 May, with landings near the island's key airports, and reinforcements the next day allowed the German forces to capture one end of the runway at Maleme. By 24 May, the Germans were being reinforced by air on a huge scale and on 1 June Crete surrendered. This book describes how desperately close the battle had been and explains how German losses so shocked the Führer that he never again authorised a major airborne operation.
Download or read book German Army Uniforms of World War II written by Stephen Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years after World War I, the defeated and much-reduced German Army developed new clothing and personal equipment that drew upon the lessons learned in the trenches. In place of the wide variety of uniforms and insignia that had been worn by the Imperial German Army, a standardized approach was followed, culminating in the uniform items introduced in the 1930s as the Nazi Party came to shape every aspect of German national life. The outbreak of war in 1939 prompted further adaptations and simplifications of uniforms and insignia, while the increasing use of camouflaged items and the accelerated pace of weapons development led to the appearance of new clothing and personal equipment. Medals and awards increased in number as the war went on, with grades being added for existing awards and new decorations introduced to reflect battlefield feats. Specialists such as mountain troops, tank crews and combat engineers were issued distinctive uniform items and kit, while the ever-expanding variety of fronts on which the German Army fought – from the North African desert to the Russian steppe – prompted the rapid development of clothing and equipment for different climates and conditions. In addition, severe shortages of raw materials and the demands of clothing and equipping an army that numbered in the millions forced the simplification of many items and the increasing use of substitute materials in their manufacture. In this fully illustrated book noted authority Dr Stephen Bull examines the German Army's wide range of uniforms, personal equipment, weapons, medals and awards, and offers a comprehensive guide to the transformation that the German Army soldier underwent in the period from September 1939 to May 1945.
Download or read book Gebirgsj ger written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen. From the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1940, through the invasions of the Balkans and Russia and the North African campaign, to the defence of the Reich 1944-45, the Gebirgsjäger earned a reputation for reliability and courage. Typically each trooper was a supremely fit individual: the need to cover difficult terrain in full kit, without the back-up of a motorised baggage train, demanded this. This new volume examines the recruitment, training, and combat experiences of the common Gebirgsjäger.
Download or read book The Germans written by Gordon A. Craig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have given mankind unique triumphs in science, literature, philosophy, music, and art. They have also produced Hitler and the Holocaust. They are romantic and conservative, idealistic and practical, proud and insecure, ruthless and good-natured. They are, in short, the Germans. In this definitive history, Professor Gordon A. Craig, one of the world’s premier authorities on Germany, comes to grips with the complex paradoxes at the heart of the German identity. His masterly study explores the roots of many contemporary institutions in German history and closely examines such topics as religion, money, Germans and Jews, women, professors and students, romantics, literature and society, soldiers, Berlin, and the German language. Craig also discusses the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification, while offering invaluable insights into Germany’s pivotal role in world affairs for over a century.
Download or read book British Destroyer Vs German Destroyer written by David Greentree and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1940, British and German destroyers clashed at Narvik, a strategically vital harbor on the Norwegian coast. David Greentree charts both sides’ development of destroyer tactics and technologies, the battles themselves and their impact on subsequent naval operations in this absorbing study.
Download or read book Das Afrika Korps written by Franz Kurowski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action-packed history of the Germans in Africa in World War II. One of the most famous military units of all time under one of the best commanders. The early campaigns in the Western Desert, Tobruk, El Alamein, and more.
Download or read book World War II Infantry Tactics written by Stephen Bull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II is often seen as a confrontation of technology – tanks and aircraft, artillery and engineering. But at the heart of the battlefield was the struggle between infantrymen, and the technology was there to enable them to capture ground or hold it. This second of two books on the organization and tactics of the German, US and British infantry in Europe focuses on national differences in the development of company and battalion tactics – including those of motorized units – and the confrontation and co-operation between infantry and tanks. Contemporary photos and diagrams and vivid colour plates illustrate what tactical theories actually meant on the ground at human scale.
Download or read book New Images of Nazi Germany written by and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its battlefields paved over and its bunkers crumbled, the Third Reich of Nazi Germany nevertheless lives on in countless photographs that record an era of extraordinary brutality. This collection of more than 500 photographs taken by amateurs and professional propagandists provides a panoramic overview of Nazi Germany, offering intimate glimpses into living rooms and killing grounds, kitchens and concentration camps, movie theaters and battle fronts. The explanatory text explores the context of the images. Together, these photographs, most never before seen, create a time capsule, capturing the faces of Hitler's soldier's as well as those who suffered under the Nazi onslaught on humanity.
Download or read book At War s Summit written by Alexander Statiev and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the highest battlefield of World War Two, which brings to life the extremes endured during this harsh mountain warfare. When the German war machine began faltering from a shortage of oil after the failed Blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Edelweiss in the summer of 1942, a bold attempt to capture the Soviet oilfields of Grozny and Baku and open the way to securing the vast reserves of Middle Eastern oil. Hitler viewed this campaign as the key to victory in World War Two. Mountain warfare requires unique skills: climbing and survival techniques, unconventional logistical and medical arrangements and knowledge of ballistics at high altitudes. The Main Caucasus Ridge became the battleground that saw the elite German mountain divisions clash with the untrained soldiers of the Red Army, as they fought each other, the weather and the terrain.
