GERMAN PARATROOPERS - UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT 1936-1945

Stupenda opera in tre volumi dedicata alle uniformi e agli equipaggiamenti dei Fallschirmjäger durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Questo primo volume presenta, attraverso una vasta iconografia che comprende oltre 1.000 foto a colori e 280 in bianco e nero (molte delle quali inedite), le uniformi Graublaue, le tenute di volo, le calzature, le tenute tropicali e invernali, tenute speciali, ecc. 

The books will be indispensable to collectors, uniform enthusiasts and military historians alike. This three-volume work is the most comprehensive and detailed study of the World War II German paratrooper to date, providing in-depth examinations of nearly every uniform item - including all models of jump smocks - and equipment used from the airborne forces’ establishment in the mid-1930s to May 1945. It also extensively covers specific insignia and various unique ephemera. Finally, the work provides in-depth summaries of the operations the “Green Devils” fought in, from the air assaults on Norway, Belgium’s Fort Eben Emael, Holland and Crete, over ground combat in North Africa, Russia, Italy and Normandy through the Battle of the Bulge and on to the last days of the Third Reich.

Volume I: Uniforms

• First volume in the German Patratroopers series
• 1000 color photos of uniforms and equipment
• Uniforms, Jump Smocks, Footwear ... from collections and museums from all over the world

Description

Chapter I: The Blue-Grey Uniform

Chapter II: Jump Smocks

Chapter III: Paratroopers Trousers

Chapter IV: Footwear

Chapter V: Tropical and Winter Clothing

Chapter VI: Special Clothing

Chapter VII: Non-Standard Clothing

The author and publisher were able to draw on an unprecedented degree of cooperation with collectors and museums from all over the world. The three volumes run to more than 1,000 pages, with thousands of specially commissioned color photographs of original Fallschirmjägerartefacts, some of them never shown before, accompanied by many unique period black and white images, many of them hitherto unpublished