"The French army of the First World War withstood the main force of the German onslaught on the Western Front, but often it is neglected in English histories of the conflict. Now, though, keen interest in the war in general and in the part the French played in it has prompted a …
During World War One the French Army was in a state of disarray, plagued by indiscipline, mutinies and desertion. The ordinary French citizens that were called upon to defend their motherland - the Poilu - were disrespected and demoralized, and the infamous mutinies of 1917 by t…
The imperial German Army Air Service of World War I grew from just 500 men in 1914 to 80,000 in 1918, inventing in the process a wholly new form of warfare. The exploits of the first fighter 'aces' have been widely celebrated, and have tended to overshadow the other, equally imp…
The French Army 1939-45
by Chappell, Mike, Sumner, Ian, Vauvillier, François
fromOsprey military. Men-at-arms series
Andet bind af to der beskriver den franske hær under 2. Verdenskrig. Hærens administration, organisation, Order of Battle, udrustning, uniformering og insignia beskrives i denne titel fra perioden 1943 til 1945