The Guards Divisions 1914-45

Informationen zum Autor MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey. MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey. Zusammenfassung Veteran Osprey author Mike Chappell describes the history and uniform of the Guards Divisions from 1914-45. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · The Guards Regiments 1914-15 · Battles and Engagements of the Guards Division 1915-18 · Between the Wars · The Second Wolrd War · Uniform · The Plates

Product details

• Authors: Mike Chappell, Chappell Mike
• Assisted by: Mike Chappell (Illustration), Chappell Mike (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855325463
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-546-3
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Elite; Elite
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Warfare & defence, Special and elite forces, Land forces & warfare, Military institutions, Regiments, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces