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NATO Armies 1949-87 (Osprey Elite 16)

By Nigel Thomas , Ron Volstad

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1987
ISBN
0850458226, 9780850458220
Open Library ID
OL8264955M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31633166 bytes)
Pages
66\66
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Osprey's study of NATO armies of the post-World War II period. The defeat of Hitler on 8 May 1945 left Western Europe militarily vulnerable and economically exhausted. The Soviet Union, however, had since 1940 annexed 180,000 square miles of Eastern Europe, occupied a further 390,000 square miles, and now seemed poised to advance still further westwards with its six-million strong forces. The increasing Soviet threat brought forth demands for a permanent Western Military alliance, and on 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington DC. This book explores the history, organization and uniforms of NATO armies - excluding the United States and Great Britain - as they were in the late 1980s.

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