The SS originated as Hitler’s personal bodyguard and following his rise to power in 1933 the organisation divided into two: the Waffen-SS, which comprised the military wing, and the Allgemeine-SS, whose role was to support the police in maintaining order. The Allgemeine-SS had a wide-ranging effect on all aspects of life in Nazi Germany, from enforcing Hitler’s racial policies through to the running of over 500 factories in Germany and occupied Europe. While the more visible armed SS combat units naturally received all the publicity, especially during World War II, it was the rather faceless Allgemeine-SS which wielded the real power.’ The Allgemeine-SSRobin Lumsden (Author), Paul Hannon (Illustrator) PublishedNov 25 1993FormatPaperbackEdition1stExtent48ISBN9781855323582ImprintOsprey PublishingIllustrations50 b/w; 8 colDimensions10 x 7 inchesSeriesMen-at-ArmsShort codeMAA 266PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
Men-At-Arms 383: Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (3) by David Rickman
From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain, and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with Britain’s colonial rivals France and Spain, fell upon locally raised units, which also fought alongside the Crown forces during the major operations of the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This final book of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, Nova Scotia, Hudson’s Bay and Quebec Province; and also Rangers, and colors and standards. Series: Men-at-Arms (Book 383)Paperback: 48 pagesPublisher: Osprey Publishing; 1st edition (January 15, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1841764833ISBN-13: 9781841764832
Osprey Book – Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (1) (Men-at-Arms 511)
Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provices (1) 31 BC – 195 AD Raffaele D’Amato (Author) and Raffaele Ruggeri (Illustrator)Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression of the Great Revolt in Judea and intermittent clashes with Rome’s great rival Parthia. In these wars, Roman soldiers had to fight in a range of different climates and terrains, from the deserts of the Middle East to the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.Using full-color artwork, this book examines the variation of equipment and uniforms both between different military units, and in armies stationed in different regions of the Empire. Using evidence drawn from recent archaeological finds, it paints a vivid portrait of Roman army units in the Eastern provinces in the first two centuries of the Imperial period. 9781472821768