Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano, generale a 24 anni e Feldmaresciallo a 27, è stato un grande comandante dell'esercito austriaco, noto anche come 'l'imperatore segreto' per le sue abilità diplomatiche. Questo secondo volume analizza la storia, la direzione e l'organizzazione della fanteria imperiale del suo tempo.
Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano, generale a 24 anni e feldmaresciallo a 27, è stato un grande comandante dell'esercito austriaco, noto anche come 'l'imperatore segreto'. Questo primo volume di una trilogia analizza la storia e l'organizzazione della fanteria imperiale durante la sua carriera.
This book presents captions in both English and German. It delves into one of the darkest periods of modern history, driven by a persistent curiosity to understand absurd and unsettling events. Nearly seventy years later, questions remain about how an unremarkable man became a prominent historical figure amid a series of monstrous occurrences that rendered history akin to a Wagnerian tragedy. The Second World War resulted in over seventy million deaths and countless injuries, alongside the destruction of innumerable buildings and structures worldwide. However, this exploration does not focus on the violent and dramatic aspects of this man's actions. Instead, it seeks to uncover the lesser-known facets of Hitler's private life, revealing curiosities, anecdotes, and insights into his personal world. We will examine his background as a small-town Austrian-Bavarian, his peculiar tastes for embroidered cushions and Biedermeier furniture, his fondness for flowers on windowsills, and his appreciation for military marches and Strauss waltzes. This portrayal aims to present a more intimate view of Hitler, complemented by nearly a hundred lesser-known photographs, some newly colored, offering a fresh perspective on his life.
THE TERRIBLE WAR BETWEEN SWITZERLAND AND BORGOGNONS 15th century The Burgundian wars were formally a conflict between the Duke of Burgundy and France led by the Valois dynasty, in which the Swiss Confederation was involved and played a decisive role. The war itself broke out in 1474 and in the following years the Duke of Burgundy, Charles I known as the Bold, was defeated by Swiss soldiers three times on the battlefield, the firsttime at Grandson, and Morat/Murten and after killed in the battle of Nancy. Now these soldiers will be at your disposal to obtain, with little effort, entire armies of battalions of infantry, squadrons of cavalry, batteries of cannons, houses and buildings, trees and much more material needed to create the scenes of your battle. We also explain tricks and modes for a good assembly of the pieces, as well as the official rules for playing wargame. All in 50 pages full of hundreds of soldiers supplied in the standard scale of 25/28mm that you can, for personal use only, photocopy on thicker cardboard and thus get armed with the desired size. So what are you waiting for? Wear the general commander's shoulder pads, equip yourself with a capable table, a practical ruler to measure, a pair of dice and get ready to lead hundreds or thousands of armed in epic and exciting battles of history!
The Fiat C.R.42 Falco was a famous Italian sesquiplane-type, single-seat, single-engine fighter and night fighter biplane with a fixed undercarriage and mixed (part metal and part canvas) metal structure, made by the famous Turin-based manufacturer in the late 1930s. It was used in World War II mainly by the Regia Aeronautica, but was also purchased by countries such as Belgium, Hungary, Finland and Sweden. The 'Falco', as the Italian aircraft was nicknamed, was the last biplane fighter in history to be built in series. Together with the British Gloster Gladiator and the Soviet Polikarpov I-15, (to which it was superior) it was also the last biplane fighter to fight in the Second World War and the last biplane in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft in 1945.
On the 13th of June of 1944, in less than an hour, at least twelve tanks, fourteen armored vehicles, two guns and a scout carrier were destroyed by a single tank. This is the striking feat of Michael Wittmann, the most famous panzer commander of the Second World War. A sensational feat that galvanized even Hitler, who in fact awarded the German officer with the Knight's Cross with Oak Fronds and Swords, the highest honor to which a tank commander could aspire. However Villers-Bocage would be his last undertaking, but certainly the most sensational. Wittman, known in his homeland as the "Black Baron" enters the legend!
This first of three volumes deals with all the artillery pieces of domestic, foreign and pre-war production used and in regular use by the Royal Italian Army in the Second World War. Each weapon is described with one or more colour profiles and an exhaustive sheet on the weapon's technique and characteristics. In the first volume, we will mainly deal with the guns inherited from the First World War, which were either domestically built or obtained as war booty, starting with the smallest calibres. In this volume, we will also present the first part of tractors used for this type of weapon.