THE GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Description: THE GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR - HISTORY, UNIFORMS, AND EQUIPMENT FROM 1914 TO 1918 Illustrated in colour, 540 pages, 1000 colour photographs, contemporary B&W photographs, tables and illustrations, hard cover bound with dust cover, The author Dr. Alexander Jordan (Director of the Wehrgeschichtliches Museum Rastatt) The First World War marked the birth of the German mountain troops. Deployed on all fronts, the mountain formations developed into special units of high-alpine warfare, which placed special demands on the soldiers, then as now. During the First World War, for example, German ski soldiers provided close-range and longrange reconnaissance in the wintry Vosges Mountains and later mountain artillerymen brought their guns into position at dizzying heights in the Dolomites. In the impassable terrain of the Romanian forest Carpathians, Jäger battalions and pack-animal columns were able to stay on the enemy’s trail where no one else could. In the process, the versatile mountain soldiers not only defied the enemy, but also the adversities of nature, which took their toll with extreme cold, avalanches and falling rocks. This book provides a comprehensive account of the development, methods and operations of the German mountain troops in the First World War. In addition to the hitherto largely unexplored history of the first ‘snowshoe’ units, the main focus is on the campaigns in the Dolomites in 1915 and on the Isonzo in 1917. Again and again, eyewitnesses have their say, giving vivid insights into everyday life in the mountains. On more than 500 pages, this fundamental work also documents details on the uniform and equipment of the mountain troops. Hundreds of contemporary photographs, maps and original objects, some of which have never been shown, from the holdings of the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt and the Museum of Military History in Rastatt illustrate the book. Furnished with detailed annotation and bibliographies, the book opens up a wealth of further research possibilities. An extensive document appendix also bundles a large amount of information and data on various mountain formations and thus complements the main text. Details on the formation and composition of important units are listed here. All books are entirely in English unless noted otherwise. Winner pays $12.00 shipping within the US. I combine purchases and the rate goes way down after the first book purchased. International orders billed at cost. I will ship anywhere in the world. If you have any questions about payment options please contact me. I SHIP ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET. Be assured, though I may not always have the lowest price, you will not get any cheap bookclub editions from me on ebay. I've been selling books for many many years and I can spot cheap bookclubs a mile away. Hand me a book and I'll tell you straight off if it's a bookclub edition. Sometimes it can be hard for most booksellers to know if it's a bookclub, like university press books. They don't normally put the price on the jacket for the publisher's edition, but most of them do use full or partial cloth binding, whereas the bookclub edition will be simply cheap board covers. Though let's face it, most of the publisher's editions these days aren't all that great in quality either, the bookclubs are even worse! Please look at my ebay store where many similar titles are available.

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