Wehrmacht Auxiliary Forces (Men-at-Arms) - Softcover

Thomas, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855322579 ISBN 13: 9781855322578

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1992

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

DR NIGEL THOMAS is an accomplished linguist and military historian and is currently a Senior Lecturer in charge of the Business Language Unit at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle. His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organisations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was recently awarded a PhD on the Eastern Enlargement of NATO. Carlos Caballero Jurado was born in Ciudad Real, Spain, in 1957. He served as an NCO in the Spanish Army's Division Brunete (1st Armoured Division) and later graduated with a BA in History from the University of Alicante. He has written and co-written numerous books and articles on military historical subjects, including four Osprey titles. Carlos is a history teacher in Alicante. Simon McCouaig is an established modern military illustrator. He has already illustrated several Men-at-Arms and Elite volumes including the well respected Elite 37 South-East Asian Special Forces.

Synopsis:

In 1938 Adolf Hitler directed two paramilitary labour organizations - the Reicharbeitsdienst consisting of recruits undergoing pre-military training, and the Organisation Todt that comprised a mobilized force of private construction firms - to assist the military forces. Later the NSKK was organized to assist with supply and transport with the Transportkorps Speer added in 1944. That same year as defeat loomed, all manpower with any military potential was drafted into the Deutscher Volkssturm. The history, equipment and uniforms of these auxillary organizations are detailed in this volume.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1855322579
• ISBN 13: 9781855322578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: McCouaig Simon