The Austrian Mountain Troops
Author | : Hermann Hinterstoisser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Armies |
ISBN | : 9783902526038 |
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Author | : Hermann Hinterstoisser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Armies |
ISBN | : 9783902526038 |
Author | : United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Mountain warfare |
ISBN | : |
Author | : U.S. War Department |
Publisher | : Loose Cannon |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1944-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In depth analysis of German Alpine Units Military Intelligence Service, Special Series Report #28. With over 240 pages of information and nearly 260 images, this 1944 U.S. Intelligence Special Report breaks down the history, makeup, equipment and methods of World War 2 German Mountain troops. Highly detailed and illustrated, the report covers everything from training, deployment methods, weapons and even esoteric topics like supply by air and fixed climbing routes. Chapters include: ⦁ UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA ⦁ TRAINING ⦁ IN THE VALLEY AND IN THE FLAT ⦁ MOUNTAIN WALKING ⦁ ROCK CLIMBING ⦁ ICE CLIMBING ⦁ SKIING ⦁ WEAPONS: ⦁ COMMUNICATIONS ⦁ EVACUATION ⦁ SUPPLY ⦁ PREPARED ROUTES ⦁ AERIAL TRAMWAYS ⦁ BRIDGING ⦁ SUPPLY BY AIR ⦁ SHELTER ⦁ WINTER OPERATIONS An important primary source, this historical War Dept. publication is very well written and presented. Its insights will please anyone interested in the German Alpine operations and campaigns.
Author | : Yves Béraud |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2021-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612009476 |
"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 | : James Sidney Lucas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : 9780710600639 |
Author | : Peter Shelton |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0743253531 |
Few stories from the "greatest generation" are as unforgettable -- or as little known -- as that of the 10th Mountain Division. Today a versatile light infantry unit deployed around the world, the 10th began in 1941 as a crew of civilian athletes with a passion for mountains and snow. In this vivid history, adventure writer Peter Shelton follows the unique division from its conception on a Vermont ski hill, through its dramatic World War II coming-of-age, to the ultimate revolution it inspired in American outdoor life. In the late-1930s United States, rock climbing and downhill skiing were relatively new sports. But World War II brought a need for men who could handle extreme mountainous conditions -- and the elite 10th Mountain Division was born. Everything about it was unprecedented: It was the sole U.S. Army division trained on snow and rock, the only division ever to grow out of a sport. It had an un-matched number of professional athletes, college scholars, and potential officer candidates, and as the last U.S. division to enter the war in Europe, it suffered the highest number of casualties per combat day. This is the 10th's surprising, suspenseful, and often touching story. Drawing on years of interviews and research, Shelton re-creates the ski troops' lively, extensive, and sometimes experimental training and their journey from boot camp to the Italian Apennines. There, scaling a 1,500-foot "unclimbable" cliff face in the dead of night, they stunned their enemy and began the eventual rout of the German armies from northern Italy. It was a self-selecting elite, a brotherhood in sport and spirit. And those who survived (including the Sierra Club's David Brower, Aspen Skiing Corporation founder Friedl Pfeifer, and Nike cofounder Bill Bowerman, who developed the waffle-sole running shoe) turned their love of mountains into the thriving outdoor industry that has transformed the way Americans see (and play in) the natural world.
Author | : Philip Haythornthwaite |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1995-03-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781855325272 |
Until at least the latter years of Maria Theresa's reign, the Austrian artillery was acknowledged to be second to none in Europe; and it must have been no coincidence that Jean Baptiste de Gribeauval, who went on and so radically reformed the French artillery after he became inspector of artillery in 1776, had spent the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) on attachment to the Austrian army from the French. In this last of three volumes [Men-at arms 271 & 276], Philip Haythornwaite does a first class job of examining the composition and uniforms of these and other specialist troops of the Austrian army 1740-80, including the artillery units, engineers, Grenz, Jägers and medical troops.
Author | : Graydon A. Tunstall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 477 |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521199344 |
Definitive new history of the Austro-Hungarian Royal and Imperial Army during the First World War.
Author | : Hal Burton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The story of the Tenth Mountain Division of the U.S. Army from its conception by an amateur sportsman to its 114 days of fighting--on skis--during the Po Valley breakthrough in Italy during World War II. The author tells much of the history of the use and development of skis.
Author | : Richard Bassett |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 633 |
Release | : 2015-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300213107 |
Among the finest examples of deeply researched and colorfully written military history, Richard Bassett’s For God and Kaiser is a major account of the Habsburg army told for the first time in English. Bassett shows how the Imperial Austrian Army, time and again, was a decisive factor in the story of Europe, the balance of international power, and the defense of Christendom. Moreover it was the first pan-European army made up of different nationalities and faiths, counting among its soldiers not only Christians but also Muslims and Jews. Bassett tours some of the most important campaigns and battles in modern European military history, from the seventeenth century through World War I. He details technical and social developments that coincided with the army’s story and provides fascinating portraits of the great military leaders as well as noteworthy figures of lesser renown. Departing from conventional assessments of the Habsburg army as ineffective, outdated, and repeatedly inadequate, the author argues that it was a uniquely cohesive and formidable fighting force, in many respects one of the glories of the old Europe.