German Mountain Troops 1939 42

Author : Yves Béraud
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612009117

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German Mountain Troops, 1939–42 by Yves Béraud Pdf

A pictorial history of the Nazi military’s elite Gebirgstruppen during World War II. Fifteen elite mountain divisions and a multitude of small units fought for the Wehrmacht during World War II. They fought on all fronts, operating in hostile environments ranging from the far north to Libya, the Atlantic to the Caucasus—serving in all the “hot spots.” This book, the culmination of some four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the life, operations and equipment of these specialist units. “A very illuminating study on some of WWII Germany’s finest combat troops in their most successful actions of the early war period.” —AMPS “Supported by a great collection of colour and monochrome photographs - one with the men wearing patterned tablecloths to stave off the cold in Norway is my favourite. . . . It will appeal to readers interested in the German army in the early phases of World War II.” —Wargames Illustrated

Author : Yves Béraud
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612009476

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German Mountain Troops 1942–45 by Yves Béraud Pdf

"The author does a terrific job of outlining the many campaigns and areas where the German Mountain troops fought throughout the war, and the unique challenges that some of these areas brought." — AMPS When World War II began, the Wehrmacht had fifteen mountain divisions and a multitude of small units, including some Austrian units that had been incorporated into the German army after the Anschluss. These mountain units would operate in hostile environments on all fronts during World War II. Due to their training, equipment and adaptability, the Gebirgstruppen would be deployed to fight in almost every theater. In the last years of the war they would see action in North Africa, Italy, the Balkans, Norway and Finland, and in the West as the Allies pushed German forces back toward Berlin. This book, the culmination of four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the uniform, equipment, and operations of these specialist units during the later years of World War II. The text is complemented by period photographs taken at the front, including many color photographs, and modern photographs of uniform details.

Author : Yves Beraud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1612009468

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German Mountain Troops 1942-45 by Yves Beraud Pdf

A fully illustrated account of the deployment of German Mountain Units in the last years of World War II.

Author : Roland Kaltenegger
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021959585

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The Mountain Troops of the Waffen-SS 1941-1945 by Roland Kaltenegger Pdf

The first comprehensive study on the little-known mountain troops of the Waffen-SS, complete with numerous photographs and documentation. The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" and many other divisions are examined.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782000082

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Gebirgsjäger by Gordon Williamson Pdf

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.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780967912

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German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939–45 by Gordon Williamson Pdf

Fighting in every theatre from the burning sands of North Africa to the icy wastes above the arctic circle the German Army's Gebirgstruppen troops were some of the most effective in the whole of the Wehrmacht. Their esprit de corps and morale were extremely high and their commanders, men such as Eduard Dietl, the 'Hero of Narvik', and Julius 'Papa' Ringel, were idolised by their men. Dietl himself was the first soldier of the Wehrmacht to be awarded the coveted Oakleaves to the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. In this book Gordon Williamson details the uniforms, organisation and combat histories of these elite troops.

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780968445

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German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939–45 by Gordon Williamson Pdf

Fighting in every theatre from the burning sands of North Africa to the icy wastes above the arctic circle the German Army's Gebirgstruppen troops were some of the most effective in the whole of the Wehrmacht. Their esprit de corps and morale were extremely high and their commanders, men such as Eduard Dietl, the 'Hero of Narvik', and Julius 'Papa' Ringel, were idolised by their men. Dietl himself was the first soldier of the Wehrmacht to be awarded the coveted Oakleaves to the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. In this book Gordon Williamson details the uniforms, organisation and combat histories of these elite troops.

Author : James Sidney Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0710600631

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Alpine Elite by James Sidney Lucas Pdf

Author : Ray Merriam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0557069823

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World War II Journal 9: Gebirgsjaeger: Germany's Mountain Troops by Ray Merriam Pdf

Presents 25 articles on the units, weapons, equipment, uniforms and insignia, awards, operations, references. Also includes the complete U.S. War Dept. Military Intelligence Service publication, Special Series 28: German Mountain Troops, published in December 1944. 328 pages, 316 photos, 42 illustrations, 4 maps, 17 tables.

Author : Peter Chamberlain,Chris Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Mountain warfare
ISBN : 0855241098

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Gebirgsjäger by Peter Chamberlain,Chris Ellis Pdf

Author : Franz Halder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038496696

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The Halder War Diary, 1939-1942 by Franz Halder Pdf

The war diary of General Franz Halder, the German Army Chief of Staff. Halder kept careful, daily notes of his activities.

Author : Earl Ziemke
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782899778

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German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945 [Illustrated Edition] by Earl Ziemke Pdf

[Includes 23 maps and 31 illustrations] This volume describes two campaigns that the Germans conducted in their Northern Theater of Operations. The first they launched, on 9 April 1940, against Denmark and Norway. The second they conducted out of Finland in partnership with the Finns against the Soviet Union. The latter campaign began on 22 June 1941 and ended in the winter of 1944-45 after the Finnish Government had sued for peace. The scene of these campaigns by the end of 1941 stretched from the North Sea to the Arctic Ocean and from Bergen on the west coast of Norway, to Petrozavodsk, the former capital of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic. It faced east into the Soviet Union on a 700-mile-long front, and west on a 1,300-mile sea frontier. Hitler regarded this theater as the keystone of his empire, and, after 1941, maintained in it two armies totaling over a half million men. In spite of its vast area and the effort and worry which Hitler lavished on it, the Northern Theater throughout most of the war constituted something of a military backwater. The major operations which took place in the theater were overshadowed by events on other fronts, and public attention focused on the theaters in which the strategically decisive operations were expected to take place. Remoteness, German security measures, and the Russians’ well-known penchant for secrecy combined to keep information concerning the Northern Theater down to a mere trickle, much of that inaccurate. Since the war, through official and private publications, a great deal more has become known. The present volume is based in the main on the greatest remaining source of unexploited information, the captured German military and naval records. In addition a number of the participants on the German side have very generously contributed from their personal knowledge and experience.

Author : Ray Merriam
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : Mountain warfare
ISBN : 9781576381632

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Gebirgsjaeger by Ray Merriam Pdf

Author : Simon Forty,Richard Charlton Taylor
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781636243627

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The German Infantryman on the Eastern Front by Simon Forty,Richard Charlton Taylor Pdf

A fully illustrated survey of the German infantryman on the Eastern Front in World War II. The German Army was all-conquering until late 1941 when, only a few miles short of Moscow, it ran out of steam. Maniacal defense, the Russian winter and exhaustion all played their part and, although they didn’t realize it, the German forces wouldn’t advance further on this front. While they continued their offensives into 1942, Soviet defenses had stiffened. Its equipment – notably the T-34 – had improved and the Germans had lost too many of their best men: the savvy NCOs and experienced junior officers that gave the Wehrmacht its edge over the opposition. They had lost their moral compass as well. Complicity in the massacres of the SS-Einsatzgruppen, the barbarity of the anti-Partisan operations and summary execution for those who flagged, were the hallmarks of the German Army’s fight for survival against people it considered less than human. Outnumbered, under attack on many other fronts, their homeland bombarded unceasingly from the air, the German servicemen endured the hell of the Eastern Front until their armies were destroyed in 1945. While the morality of the regime they fought for and its reprehensible actions should never be forgotten, what cannot be denied is the indefatigable courage of the German infantrymen. Fully illustrated with over 150 contemporary photographs and illustrations – and exploring a broad range of topics from uniform, weapons and provisions to tactics and communications – this title provides valuable insights into the Germans’ main theater of operations in World War II.

Author : George E. Blau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : IND:39000003543241

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The German Campaign in Russia by George E. Blau Pdf