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  • British Fortifications, 1485-1945
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    This book details British fortifications used from the Tudor period beginning in 1485 through the end of World War II in 1945. With the advent of firearms, the Tudor period indeed opened a new chapter in the histories of Britain, fortification and warfare. By 1500 AD, Britain and Europe at large entered a new phase, marked by the foundation of colonial empires and a broadene...
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    58,72 €

  • Dutch Fortifications
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    Covering 2000 years--from Roman times through the Cold War--this book describes the evolution of military architecture in the territory today known as the Netherlands. A vital ally of the Dutch--their numerous rivers and canals--played a central role in the defensive strategy of the country, particularly since the 17th century. A general history covers the innovators, archit...
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    73,36 €

  • Military Trains and Railways
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare. Transport and logistics are discussed for armored trains, rail-borne artillery and armored combat vehicles, medical evacuation trains and draisines (light auxiliary vehicles such as handcars). The railroad’s role in establi...
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    58,51 €

  • Hitler’s Armed Forces Auxiliaries
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    The story of Hitler’s Wehrmachtsgefolge (armed forces auxiliaries) is less well known than that of Germany’s other armed forces in World War II, such as the panzer divisions, the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine. The Organization Todt (construction company), Reichsarbeitsdienst (labor service), Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrer Korps (driver’s corp) and Volkssturm (people’s m...
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    58,51 €

  • An Illustrated Dictionary of the Third Reich
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    This dictionary gives an enormous amount of basic information on the Third Reich era by listing, and often depicting, German terms connected to Nazism and the Germany of World War II. It includes ranks, badges, insignia, regalia, medals, flags and banners, weapons, uniforms, equipment, vehicles, fortifications, airplanes, battleships, main Nazi concepts and organizations, sl...
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    43,94 €

  • British Fortifications Through the Reign of Richard III
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    From the time the Romans first set foot on England’s shore in 55 B.C., the British Isles have faced a constant threat of foreign invasion. As a result, the landscapes of England, Scotland, and Ireland are dotted with ancient defensive fortifications as varied as their makers. Iron Age Celtic 'hill forts,' Roman castra and Hadrian’s Wall, Anglo-Saxon dykes and Alfredian burhs...
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    58,86 €

  • French Fortifications, 1715-1815
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    This book describes and illustrates French fortifications from 1715 (the death of Louis XIV) to 1815 (the fall of Napoleon), focusing particularly on the Napoleonic era. After an historical background, it covers the heritage of the Ancien Regime with the important contributions of Vauban (the bastioned defense), Gribeauval’s reforms in artillery, and Montalembert’s innovatio...
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    58,75 €

  • Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV
    Jean-Denis G G Lepage / Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France’s national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. This book tells the complete story of Vauban’s exceptional career, placing him within the fra...
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    58,80 €

  • Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and development of the German air force from 1935 to 1945, with descriptions and illu...
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    59,18 €

  • Hitler Youth, 1922-1945
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    During the Nazi regime’s swift rise to power, no single target of nazification took higher priority than Germany’s young people. Well aware that the Nazi party could thrive only through the support of future generations, Hitler instituted a youth movement, the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth), which indoctrinated the easily malleable students of Germany’s schools and universitie...
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    43,80 €

  • The French Foreign Legion
    Jean-Denis G G Lepage / Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    This book gives the reader a straightforward and continuous survey of the history of the French Foreign Legion. By outlining the Legion’s vicissitudes, victorious campaigns, epic marches, heroic and sometimes hopeless stands, dirtiest combats and dramatic defeats, but also by briefly placing the Legion back in the historical background of France, and by describing its develo...
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    58,65 €

  • German Military Vehicles of World War II
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    This volume presents a cross-section of the most common transport vehicles produced and used by the German army. Tanks plus auxiliary vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, vans, ambulances, trucks and tractors made it possible for the troops to keep moving. These lightly armored or unarmored vehicles--aka 'soft skins'--operated behind the front lines, maintaining supply lines,...
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    43,93 €