Uniforms of the German Soldier: An Illustrated History from 1870 to the Present Day

by Alejandro M. de Quesada

Overview

This book traces the evolution of the German Army uniform from 1870 to the present day, using nearly 800 photographs to offer the reader an unparalleled analysis. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, explaining interesting aspects of the soldiers uniform, insignia and equipment.It begins with the German Empire at its height, with the iconic spiked Pickelhaube and the colonial troops in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and moves on to the field-grey uniforms of the First World War. After 1918, the uniforms of the Reichswehr and the Freikorps are detailed, and then those of the revived Wehrmacht up to the end of the Second World War. The post-war years saw the establishment of the Bundeswehr in the West and East Germanys Nationalen Volksarmee, facing each other across the border of a divided Germany, before reunification in 1991.No other countrys army has undergone such changes in the past century-and-a-half, and this book provides a unique visual record of those changes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783830824
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/31/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	1,054,744
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

ALEJANDRO M. DE QUESADA is the author of The Men of Fort Foster, Eickhorn Export Edged Weapons and Distant Thunder. A Fellow of The Company of Military Historians, he serves as Historian for the 7th Coast Guard Auxiliary District. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Part 1: The Kaiser's Army, 1870-1919 9

List of Color Illustrations 31

1 The German Empire (1871-1914) 49

2 Imperial German Colonial and Overseas Troops 93

3 World War I (1914-1918) 119

Introduction to Part 2: Germany's Armies, 1919 to the Present Day 153

4 Revolution and the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) 161

List of Color Illustrations 191

5 The Third Reich and World War II (1933-1945) 209

6 Nationalen Volksarmee (1946-1991) 263

7 Der Bundesheer (1946-2013) 287

Appendices

A Uniform Plates of the Imperial German Army 333

B Uniform Plates of Imperial German Colonial Troops 343

C Uniform Plates of the Imperial German Army during World War I 349

D The Prussianization of the Americas: A Brief Overview 361

E Uniforms of the Provisional Reichsheer (1919-1921), Freikorps and Reichswehr (1921-1933) 367

F Uniforms of the German Army during the Third Reich (1933-1945) 377

G Uniforms of the Nationalen Volksarmee of the DDR 381

H Uniforms of the Bundesheer (1955-2005) 391

I Use of the Army-Style Field-Grey Uniforms by the German Navy (1921-1945) 405

Acknowledgements 411

Bibliography 412

Glossary 415