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La Guerra di Candia (1645-1669) – Vol. 1 Assedi e operazioni campali
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- La guerra di Candia fu il luogo di confronto di due diversi modelli militari, quello occidentale e quello ottomano, fino ad assurgere nelle corti di tutta Europa a 'Campo di Marte' del continente. A noi contemporanei queste campagne mostrano una specifica peculiarità, in quanto rappresentano la prima 'guerra di materiali', ovvero un conflitto combattuto lontano dal territorio metropolitano dei due stati in lotta, molto simile, per fornire un esempio comprensibile a tutti, alle campagne nel Pacifico nel secondo conflitto mondiale;…
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La battaglia di Tannenberg 1410
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- Tannenberg non fu che la prima battaglia vinta contro l'Ordine poichè la meta ultima era in realtà la sede del Gran Maestro: il Castello di Marienburg (Malbork in polacco) e questa fortezza fu raggiunta solo il 25 luglio, ben 16 giorni dopo lo scontro a Tannenberg. Il fatto che la battaglia porti poi due nomi non fu un caso. Il luogo dove lo scontro si svolse era chiamato "collina degli abeti" (in tedesco Tannenberg), ma intorno ad esso c'era anche…
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Qajar regular army uniforms (1807 till 1848)
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- This book looks at the uniforms worn by the Qajar era Regular Army from 1807 till 1848. Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, Governor of the Persian Province of Azerbaijan admiring the military reforms of the neighbouring Sultan Selim III, is credited historically as an early moderniser of the Persian Army, called the Nezam-e Jadid: New Order reforms. The first modern Persian Army, called the Sarbaz: Regular Infantry trained along European lines. The expansion of the Regular Army from the 1840s, in…
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Predynastic Egyptian warrior armies and river warfare
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- This book looks at the Predynastic Period of Egypt when the First Armv of Hunter-Warrior-Soldier emerged at the crossing of the military threshold. This is best described as a state in military evolution, where various emerging societies worldwide, at one stage or another participate in organizing an Army of Soldiers for war. Beginning with Predynastic Hunter-Warrior bands and other early depictions of combat between armed Warriors, sieges, and war canoes that likely dominated the campaign to unify Egypt, the book…
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Turkish and Egyptian navy uniforms
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- This book looks at Turkish and Egyptian Naval uniforms and insignia from the Janissary era till the end of the First World War. Ship Janissary were distinguished with anchor or galley picture tattoos. The first red and green uniforms were introduced with the Nizam-i-Cedid Galeongees, followed by European-styled Officer’s uniforms appearing in the early 1830s. The Crimea War era saw Officers and Sailors in standardized uniforms. By 1861, uniforms and rank insignia, in line with the other European naval powers…
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Egyptian Army uniforms 1830-1914
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- This book looks at Egyptian Army uniforms from 1832 till 1914. Following the Napoleonic Wars, Muhammad Ali saw European training, discipline and tactics, as vital for improving his military power. The Egyptian Army divide into two main periods, before and after 1883 (when the new Egyptian Army was formally raised). Before 1883, there were nearly twenty Guard and Line Infantry Regiments having their beginning in the creation of the Nizam al-Jadid: New Organization. Around 1832, there was the introduction of…
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Aerostiers: French Revolutionary war ballon engineers
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- This volume looks at the French Revolutionary War career of the Balloon Engineers. At the end of the late 18th Century there was a military fascination for the balloon, which continued unabated during the period of the French Revolution. By 1793, it was soon adopted as a revolutionary military function by the Committee of Public Safety, and then France's next government - the Directory, which continued to develop military ballooning. The campaign history of the Balloon Engineers is presented, as…
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Turkish & Egyptian cavalry 1879-1922
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- This volume looks at the Turkish Imperial, and Egyptian Army Cavalry from the 1870s till after the First World War. From 1879, there was introduction of a set of standardized and regulated uniforms and insignia, and the Turkish Cavalry consisted of its Dragoon and Lancer, Hamidiye, and Mounted Gendarme Regiments. This volume then looks at Turkish Imperial, and later Nationalist Army Cavalry uniforms during the First World War, and Greek-Turkish War. The Egyptian Cavalry divides into two main periods, before…
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18th Century Janissary, artillery and sappers – Vol. II
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- Following from Volume I on uniforms, badges and rank insignia for 18th Century Turkish and other European Janissary, Volume II looks at Janissary organization and tactics used in battle by the Turkish Kapikulu Ocaklari [Kapikulu Akerleri]: Standing Army, from the later 18th Century to the Napoleonic era, and the traditional Artillery, Miners and Transport Troops, that had a direct relationship in terms of entrenchment battle tactics used at the time. This volume covers Janissary organization, weapons and equipment; encampments, entrenched…
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18th Century Turkish and other European Janissary – Vol. 1
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- This book looks at the ranks, badges and uniforms worn by Turkish, and other European Janissary in the 18th Century. The follow-on Volume II of this book looks at Janissary organization and battle tactics of the Turkish Kapikulu Ocaklari [Kapikulu Akerleri]: Standing Army, from the later 18th Century to the Napoleonic era. Volume II also covers traditional Artillery, Miners and Transport Troops, who had a direct relationship in terms of the entrenchment battle tactics used at the time by the…
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Late 18th Century Turkish Cavalry
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- A hallmark of late 18th Century Turkish style of warfare was an initial attack by thousands of massed Cavalry as the main offensive force on the battlefield. Regarded as the best in Europe, and feared with some justification for their sword mastery and valor in battle, European tactics changed in the face of the Turkish Cavalry threat. The Kapikulu Ocaklari: Standing Army’s Cavalry consisted of Sultan’s Household Guard Regiments, Zirkhli: Cuirassier - Armoured Sipahi, Sipahi Light Cavalry or Lancers; Deli;…
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Nizam-I Cedid: New order Army infantry & artillery 1792 till 1807 (Turkish Army)
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- This book looks at uniforms, rank-system, and organization for a new type of Turkish Soldier, other than Janissary providing the main Soldier-type during the French Revolution, and Early Napoleonic Wars. Debut of the Levend Chiftlik Regiment in 1799, during the French siege of Acre, and in the British-Turkish campaign in Egypt to expel the French occupation, introduced the Nizam-i Cedid: New Order Army. Having its beginning as part of the reforms of Sultan Selim III (1789 till 1807), several Anatolian…
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La guerra dei tredici anni 1454-1466
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- Fratelli cavalieri ed eserciti mercenari dell’Europa baltico-teutonica nel XV secolo La guerra dei tredici anni (in tedesco Dreizehnjähriger Krieg; in polacco Wojna trzynastoletnia), conosciuta anche col nome di guerra delle città, fu combattuta dal 1454 al 1466. Essa ebbe iniziò con una sollevazione delle città, borghi e castelli della Prussia e della nobiltà locale con lo scopo di ottenere l’indipendenza dai cavalieri teutonici. La costituenda Confederazione prussiana chiese aiuto al re della Polonia Casimiro IV , il quale in cambio…
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Turkish army & navy 1826-1850
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- This book looks at the development and organization of Turkish Army, Navy and Police uniforms from 1826 till the early 1850s. In 1826, use of Janissary as the main Soldier-type ended and new Soldiers were uniformed, organized, equipped and trained according to a European Model Army design. In 1826, following crushing of the Janissary Revolt, and their formal disbandment, the new Mansure Army, was formed under Abdul Mahmud II, 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Reforms continued throughout the first…
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The Austrian army 1805-1809 – Vol. 3: The cavalry, artillery & other forces
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- The Austrian imperial-royal army during the napoleonic wars 1805-1809 vol. 3 Even when a history writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series…
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The Austrian army 1805-1809 – Vol. 2: Grenzer, Lanswher & elite forces
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- The Austrian imperial-royal army during the napoleonic wars 1805-1809 vol. 2 Even when a history writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series…
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The Austrian army 1805-1809 – Vol. 1 The infantry
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- The austrian imperial-royal army during the napoleonic wars 1805-1809 vol. 1 Even when a History writer would have wanted to celebrate, maybe the greatest European power (on land), namely the Austrian Empire, he certainly would not had chosen the terrible year 1809. What for the military apparatus in Vienna could have been a beginning of a Great Military Reform, the triumph of the Generalissimus Archduke Charles, became one of the worst nightmares of Habsburg history. In short, after a series…
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I panzer della Leibstandarte 1940-1945
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- La Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, fu la prima importante unità della Waffen-SS, ricevette mezzi corazzati già nel 1940, impiegandoli nei Balcani (1941) e nell’operazione Barbarossa. Riorganizzata nel 1942 come divisione corazzata, fu equipaggiata con Panzer III, IV e Tiger I, combattendo a Kharkov e Kursk. Trasferita in Italia nel 1943 per disarmare l'esercito italiano, tornò poi a est, ricevendo i Panther. Dopo aspri scontri, fu spostata in Belgio (1944) per contrastare lo sbarco alleato, combattendo in Normandia e nella sacca di…
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Leibstandarte panzers 1940-1945
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- The Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler was the first major unit of the Waffen-SS and received Armored vehicles as early as 1940, deploying them in the Balkans (1941) and during Operation Barbarossa. Reorganized as a Panzer division in 1942, it was equipped with Panzer IIIs, IVs, and Tiger Is, fighting at Kharkov and Kursk. Transferred to Italy in 1943 to disarm the Italian army, it later returned to the Eastern Front, where it received Panther tanks. After fierce battles, it was moved…
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LVF: Legione dei volontari francesi contro il bolscevismo
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- La Legione dei Volontari Francesi contro il Bolscevismo (in francese: Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, abbreviata in Légion des volontaires français o LVF) Cia un'unità militare composta da volontari francesi, istituita l'8 luglio 1941. Il suo obiettivo principale era partecipare alla cosiddetta "Crociata contro il bolscevismo", ossia l'invasione dell'Unione Sovietica da parte delle forze dell'Asse nell'ambito dell'Operazione Barbarossa. I membri della legione partirono volontariamente per combattere sul Fronte Orientale contro l'Unione Sovietica. All'interno della Wehrmacht, la Legione era…
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Festung Demjansk 1942
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- La rapida avanzata delle forze sovietiche sul fronte di Leningrado tra il dicembre 1941 ed il gennaio del 1942 tagliò fuori dalle loro linee numerosi reparti tedeschi e portò alla conseguente creazione di numerose isole di resistenza, in modo particolare nella regione di Demjansk. Qui, i sovietici riuscirono a chiudere in una gigantesca sacca alcune divisioni dell’esercito ed i reparti SS della divisione Totenkopf. L’offensiva generale sovietica a sud del lago Ilmen iniziò durante la notte tra il 7 e…
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Nettuno, il Barbarigo è in linea – Marzo 1944
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- Il battaglione Barbarigo fu tra le prime unità italiane ad essere impiegata sul fronte di Nettuno per contrastare lo sbarco alleato avvenuto nel gennaio del 1944 sulla costa laziale, nei pressi delle località di Anzio e Nettuno (allora riunite in un solo comune chiamato Nettunia). Il 19 febbraio 1944, gli uomini del Barbarigo partirono per Roma, a bordo di autobus civili: il battaglione era strutturato su un Comando e quattro compagnie, per un totale di 980 uomini tra ufficiali e…
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Tunisia 1943: gli ultimi combattimenti dell’Asse sul fronte Africano
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- Quando si pensa alla guerra d'Africa, la mente corre subito alla battaglia di El Alamein come ultimo atto della presenza delle forze italiane e tedesche in sul fronte dell'Africa Settentionale. In realtà, pur considerando la battaglia di El Alamein un colpo mortale inferto alle forze dell'Asse, è pur vero che la guerra sul suolo africano si protrasse per altri sei mesi, durante i quali i reparti italo-tedeschi furono impegnati in durissimi combattimenti sul fronte tunisino, combattendo contemporaneamente su due fronti,…
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Kharkov 1943
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- All’inizio del 1943, le forze armate tedesche impegnate sul fronte meridionale in Russia, si ritrovarono in una situazione di grave crisi. A partire dal novembre 1942, i sovietici avevano lanciato una serie di offensive che respinsero indietro i tedeschi per centinaia di chilometri... Manstein fu subito impegnato a fronteggiare le massicce offensive sovietiche e quando le forze nemiche minacciarono di riconquistare Kharkov, Hitler in persona ordinò di tenere la città a qualsiasi costo. Manstein e i suoi sottoposti non obbedirono…
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Barbarossa
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- Il 22 giugno 1941 le forze armate tedesche attaccarono lʹUnione Sovietica. Insieme a loro anche contingenti militari rumeni, ungheresi, slovacchi, finlandesi e successivamente anche reparti italiani, per prendere parte alla crociata contro il bolscevismo. Lungo un fronte che andava dal Mar Baltico fino al Mar Nero, milioni di soldati penetrarono in territorio sovietico, iniziando la più grande invasione militare della storia. Il piano di invasione tedesco si sviluppava in tre direzioni essendo state le forze suddivise in tre gruppi di armate. …
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