Author: Thomas Joseph EdwardsPublisher: Aldershot [England] : Gale & Polden
ISBN:
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces
Author: Thomas Joseph EdwardsPublisher: Aldershot [England] : Gale & Polden
ISBN:
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces
Author: Thomas Joseph EdwardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Standards, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Armed Forces
Author: Edward C. RussellPublisher: Deneau & Greenberg : Department of the Secretary of State
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Britains and Other Interesting Toy Soldiers
Author: John FranklinPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1399075403
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
John Franklin has been collecting traditional toy soldiers for over sixty years, mostly Britains but, as the title suggests, including other interesting additions. In this book he shares some of the in-depth knowledge gained through experience and countless hours of careful research, but most of all the passion and enthusiasm for his hobby. He explains how he was inspired to collect soldiers, like so many, in early boyhood and how a hobby grew into an obsession. The various chapters then examine themes he followed in his collecting, such as Britains Special Painting Orders and Indian Army Pipe Bands for example, or address questions regarding the manufacture or identity of specific sets that he has researched or, in some cases, is still seeking the answer to. It is packed with anecdotes, useful technical information and helpful advice for the collector but it is above all a proud tour of inspection of a sixty-year labour of love. Over four hundred photographs, show much of the author’s magnificent collection in a parade of miniature pomp and splendour.
1777
Author: Dean SnowPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190618779
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General John Burgoyne. The British strategy in confronting the Americans in upstate New York was to separate rebellious New England from the other colonies. Despite inferior organization and training, the Americans exploited access to fresh reinforcements of men and materiel, and ultimately handed the British a stunning defeat. The American victory, for the first time in the war, confirmed that independence from Great Britain was all but inevitable. Assimilating the archaeological remains from the battlefield along with the many letters, journals, and memoirs of the men and women in both camps, Dean Snow's 1777 provides a richly detailed narrative of the two battles fought at Saratoga over the course of thirty-three tense and bloody days. While the contrasting personalities of Gates and Burgoyne are well known, they are but two of the many actors who make up the larger drama of Saratoga. Snow highlights famous and obscure participants alike, from the brave but now notorious turncoat Benedict Arnold to Frederika von Riedesel, the wife of a British major general who later wrote an important eyewitness account of the battles. Snow, an archaeologist who excavated on the Saratoga battlefield, combines a vivid sense of time and place — with details on weather, terrain, and technology — and a keen understanding of the adversaries' motivations, challenges, and heroism into a suspenseful, novel-like account. A must-read for anyone with an interest in American history, 1777 is an intimate retelling of the campaign that tipped the balance in the American War of Independence.
Military Flags of the World, in Color
Author: Terence WisePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Air University Periodical Index
Author: Walford's Guide to Reference Material
Author: Albert John WalfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780853655640
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Maggs BrosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
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