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Title Hitler’s Mountain Troops 1939-1945 [Elektronisk resurs] / Ian Baxter
Author Baxter, Ian
Imprint Pen and Sword, 2022

Descript 144 sidor
Series Images of War ; 0
Note Online epub (12.88 MB)
Offline epub med Adobe-kryptering (12.94 MB)
Hitler’s mountain troops or Gebirgsjager were a group of elite soldiers ready for battle, whatever the conditions. These mountain men were trained to ski, climb and endure long marches, survive appalling conditions and were given a role as crack shock troops. Yet many of the campaigns in which the Gebirgsjager fought were on level ground where they had little opportunity to demonstrate their unique skills. Instead, they were invariably employed as assault infantry in conventional battle, a role in which every individual trooper excelled, but not one for which they had been trained.They fought in virtually all theaters of World War II, notably on the Eastern Front, where operations took them into the Caucasus. The Gebirgsjager were proud to wear the Edelweiss, the famous badge that set them apart and distinguished them as Hitler’s mountain men. This superb book shows the Gebirgsjager in training and action from Poland, Norway and France, through Yugoslavia, the Eastern Front and in the closing stages of the War. [Elib]
Subject E-bok
eLib
E-böcker
Historia
ISBN/ISSN 9781783038558
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