The French Army 1939–45 (1) cover

Description

The French Army of 1939 was considered by contemporaries to be the strongest army in the world at that time. In fact, as the events of the next ten months soon revealed, the Army was riddled with fatal weaknesses. In this book, the first of two volumes examining the French Army of World War II (1939-1945), Ian Sumner and François Vauvillier examine the organisation, uniforms and equipment of the army of 1939-40 and Vichy France. It includes orders of battle and formation charts as well as many illustration and colour uniform artworks.

Table of Contents

The Army of 1939-40 and Vichy France · The Organisation of the Army in 1939-40 · Uniforms and Equipment 1939-40 · The Army of the Armistice 1940-42 · The Plates

Product details

Published Apr 15 1998
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781855326668
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 315
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Ian Sumner

Ian Sumner was born in 1953 in Eccles, near Manche…

Illustrator

Mike Chappell

MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with…

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