Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars
Detailed Information on the Unifroms of the Austrian, British, French, Prussian and Russian Forces, with Additional Material on the Minor Forces
$45.00
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2006
Summary
This work contains an unprecedented wealth of over 550 full-colour illustrations, including specially commissioned uniforms, battle plans and campaign maps. It is an expert guide to the weapons, equipment, deployment, tactics and motivation of the national forces of the day, as well as fascinating detail of the day-to-day life of a Napoleonic soldier. It is an unrivalled reference to the insignia, appearance and experience of the fighting men of the period.
The book’s main focus is th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780754815716 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0754815714 |
| Author: | Digby Smith, Jeremy Black |
| Publisher: | Anness Publishing |
| Imprint: | Lorenz Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2006 |
| Weight: | 1.35kg |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 238mm x 305mm |
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Digby Smith
Digby Smith was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, in 1935. He spent three years in India prior to the Second World War and another in Pakistan in 1948, following his army family around the globe. He joined the army as an apprentice tradesman in 1951, and in 1961 was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals and spent over 10 years in Germany. From 1970 he was part of the German Federal Armed Force. He resigned from the army in 1979 and until 1995 worked in logistics and customer services in the computer and IT field. In 1995 he began to compile the Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. His books include Armies of the Napoleonic Era, Navies of the Napoleonic Era; Armies of 1812, Armies of the Middle East; Napoleon’s Regiments, 1813 Leipzig, and the Battle of the Nations. Many of his earlier works were published under the nom de plume of Otto von Pivka.
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