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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > Uniforms & insignia
Perhaps the most easily recognized military helmet of the 20th
century is the German Stahlhelm. In the revised and expanded
edition of this classic, Floyd R. Tubbs and Robert W. Clawson
identify and classify the Stahlhelm and relate its history,
designs, features, and uses.
No single nation has produced such a wide variety of helmets as
did Germany in the early part of the last century, from civil
defense to fire and police forces to airborne forces. Though based
on the same concept, each model, design, and variation was
constructed with a specific purpose, with the shapes of the helmets
differing, the metals occuring in various weights, and the
strengths and qualities and the liners being unique to each
category.
As the only book on the German combat helmet currently in print,
this edition, with its detailed drawings and illustrative
photographs, will appeal to the collector as well as the military
historian.
The French 'invasion by stealth' of her uneasy ally Spain, and the
final proclamation of Napoleon's brother Joseph as king, led to the
spontaneous outbreak of a war of resistance in May 1808 that would
rage for six years. Despite Napoleon's clear advantage, the Spanish
Army was never completely destroyed, their stubborn resistance
typified by epic sieges at Zaragoza and Gerona and nationwide
guerrilla warfare. The second of three volumes, this book examines
the history, uniforms and equipment of the Spanish Army who, with
the help of guerrillas and 'armed peasantry', stood up to
Napoleon's Grand Army against all odds.
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