1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1
1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1

1940, THE FRENCH SOLDIER Volume 1

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The French Soldier 1940. Volume 1. Uniform, headgear, badges, by Olivier Bellec.

The French Army of 1939–40 was in the midst of transformation. The concepts that prevailed at the end of the 19th century regarding uniforms and equipment were giving way to more modern ones, stemming in particular from mechanisation and technical progress. The equipment then issued to our troops proved highly varied and its study complex.

 

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Drawing on more than 10 years of research and analysis, the author presents here a thorough review of all the uniforms, equipment and weapons of French Army soldiers on metropolitan and Scandinavian theatres of operations. The items are presented in colour with all the details necessary for their identification. Of an unparalleled scope to date — which motivated its publication in two volumes given the number and variety of the items assembled, some of them extremely rare — this work is indispensable not only to every collector of "Français 40" but also to those interested in the First World War, owing to the many items inherited from that period and the very comprehensive, previously unpublished and detailed presentation of tools, harness, small equipment and collective weapons units.

Format 230 x 310 mm — 144 pages — 578 photographs

Volume 1: field dress, clothing, badges and decorations

Volume 2: individual equipment, armament, organization.

Author 1
Olivier Bellec
Publication date
Reissue November 2020
Pages
144
Illustrations
570 photos
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
HISTORY & COLLECTIONS
EAN
9782352501657

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