Tag: Troops

Free Download Armies of Ivan the Terrible: Russian Troops 1505-1700 (Men-at-Arms) by David Nicolle, Viacheslav Shpakovsky
English | December 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 1841769258 | 48 pages | True EPUB | 27.94 MB
It is generally assumed that the military reforms which propelled Russia into the modern world were due solely to the genius of Peter the Great. In fact, his reforms were built upon changes that had taken place during the previous 200 years, since the creation in 1550 of Russia’s first full-time military force – the streltsi – by Ivan IV the Terrible. This account traces Russia’s armies from that beginning, through the creation of paid regular regiments from 1630, up to the reign of Peter the Great. It is illustrated with rare early drawings, photos of surviving artifacts, and dazzling colour reconstructions of exotic military costumes.

Free Download Hitler’s Special Forces: The Elite Troops of the German War Machine by James Lucas
English | June 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 1835980058 | 304 pages | True EPUB | 1.52 MB
Blood, fire and iron: An unforgettable portrait of the most feared soldiers of World War Two

Free Download David C. Knight – Shock Troops: The History of Elite Corps and Special Forces
Bison Books | 1983 | ISBN: 0861241266 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 145.22 MB
The US Marines. The French Foreign Legion. The Red Baron’s Flying Circus. The Escadrille Lafayette. The British Commandos. The Waffen SS. The US Rangers. Chennault’s Flying Tigers. The Green Berets. The Special Air Service, SAS. Today nearly every advanced army has its shock troops. They are better trained, fitter and tougher than the ordinary infantry and the most arduous and dangerous tasks are normally reserved for them. The US Marines are one of the oldest surviving formations of elite soldiers. Their illustrious history runs from their formation during the War of Independence through to their heroic deeds in the Pacific in World War II and their recent service in Vietnam. The French Foreign Legion is another long established body of men. They have fought from the jungles of West Africa to the sands of the Sahara, from France’s colonial adventures in Mexico to that country’s brave but humiliating defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Their illustrious followers include the British SAS (Special Air Service) who gained recent fame from their brilliantly executed rescue of hostages from the Iranian Embassy in London. Certain units of the Waffen-SS, the Commandos and the US Rangers can also be included in the category of shock troops. The author, David C Knight, traces the development of these and other elite units throughout the world. More than 200 illustrations show them in training and in action, from colonial wars of the last century to the antiterrorist operations of today.

Free Download James Lucas – Hitler’s Mountain Troops: Fighting at the Extremes
Cassell | 1999 | ISBN: 0304352047 | English | 260 pages | PDF | 82.46 MB
Warfare in the mountains-with its extremes of temperature and treacherous terrain-is unique and difficult. Hitler’s Gebirgsjaeger, specially chosen troops of men who usually came from the Alpine regions, frequently succeeded in winning (or at least escaping) where others would have failed. Using anecdotes from surviving veterans, and photographs of men, landscape, and weapons, follow the troops from Poland down to Tunisia, chronicling their excellence, dedication, and esprit de corps.

Free Download Gebirgsjäger: German Mountain Troops, 1935-1945
by Jean-Denis Lepage
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1399044788 | 192 Pages | ePUB | 17.8 MB

Free Download Dave Rickman, "Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (1)"
English | 2002 | pages: 51 | ISBN: 1841763241 | PDF | 6,4 mb
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries the burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain’s colonial rivals France and Spain, fell mainly upon locally raised volunteers. This first of a fascinating three-part study includes a general introduction and chronology, and chapters on Crown troops in North America; and begins a colony-by-colony review of militias and provincial units. The text is illustrated with rare early images and with eight specially commissioned full colour plates.