Tito's Partisans 1941-1945

Informationen zum Autor Velimir Vuksic is a talented and experienced military illustrator and writer, whose published work covers a wide variety of periods, conflicts and armies. He has worked for numerous magazines over the years, including Military Illustrated. Velimir has also worked at the Belgrade Military Museum, gaining him full access to the archives there. A native of Croatia, Velimir has served in the armed forces, as a paratrooper. Klappentext The civil war that raged in Yugoslavia following the German invasion in 1941 was brutal, uncompromising and complex, pitting royalists, fascists communists, ethnic groups, and the Axis powers against one another in a shifting and bloody theatre of war. The Partisan forces under the command of Josip Broz Tito were a constant thorn in the side of the Wehrmacht divisions in the Balkans, prompting numerous anti-partisan operations. Using primary source material, stunning contemporary images and personal accounts, this book explores a well-known but little published subject for the first time, bringing to light the development, training, weaponry, tactics and combat experiences of Tito's formidable guerrilla force, and the events of this bloody theatre of World War II. Zusammenfassung This title explains the context of the vicious civil war that raged in Yugoslavia following the German invasion of 1941. It shows the importance of Tito and his partisans, who were a constant thorn in the side of the German divisions in the Balkans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · Chronology · Recruitment · Training · Appearance and equipment · Everyday life · Guerrilla warfare · Colour plate commentary · Museums · Collecting · Re-enactment · Index

Product details

• Authors: V. Vuksic, Velimir Vuksic, Vuksic Velimir
• Assisted by: V. Vuksic (Illustration), Velimir Vuksic (Illustration), Vuksic Velimir (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2003
• EAN: 9781841766751
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-675-1
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Warrior; Warrior S.; Warrior; Warrior S.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Warfare & defence, Second World War, Yugoslavia, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Yugoslavia & Former Yugoslavia, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare