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The German Army in World War I (2): 1915–17

By Nigel Thomas; Ramiro Bujeiro(Illustrator)

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841765662, 184176566X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11700491 bytes)
Series
Men at Arms 407
Pages
48\26
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
World War 1;Nonfiction;History

Description

The years 1915–17 of World War I saw the Imperial German Army forced to adapt to the new realities of static trench warfare. Prewar uniforms and equipment had to be modified, for both utility and economy; on battlefields ruled by machine guns and artillery the steel helmet reappeared, as well as masks to protect against poison gas. The fashionable cavalry regiments soon proved irrelevant on the Western Front; many were dismounted to join the infantry, while new types of unit usurped their prestige – assault battalions, and the air corps. This second volume in a three-part sequence offers a mass of detail on organisation, uniforms and insignia, illustrated with rare photographs and meticulous colour artwork.

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