Филипп Джоуэтт — новинки

This study explores the organization, history and uniforms of the Soviet Red Army during the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941.

The two decades following the Bolshevik victory over the 'Whites' in the Russian Civil War saw widespread and fundamental developments for the Red Army. Nevertheless, these still left it largely unready to face the German's Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. Having been reduced in size and planning for modernization, the Red Army of the 1920s was employed to ruthlessly crush anti-Bolshevik opposition (real or suspected) in several regions of the USSR, notably Ukraine and Central Asia, and to fight a brief border war against Chinese Manchuria.

During the 1930s, Stalin virtually 'beheaded' the army by a needless series of murderous purges of the officer class; despite this, the Red Army was victorious in clashes against Imperial Japan in the Nomonhan region in 1938-39, where General Zhukov earned his spurs. Simultaneously, the Soviet Union sent instructors and pilots to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).

The non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany allowed Stalin to take over half of Poland in September 1939; but a few months later his 'Winter War' against Finland demonstrated serious inadequacies in the Red Army's readiness for modern warfare, which would be shockingly confirmed in the first days of Operation Barbarossa. This study explores the interwar history of the Red Army, detailing its campaigns, organization and uniforms, and focusing on the 20 years between its victory in the Civil War and the invasion of the USSR by Germany in 1941.

From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defence forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion. During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. In this volume, Philip Jowett reveals the many military and civil-defence organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II.

From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defense forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion. During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. In this volume, Philip Jowett reveals the many military and civil-defense organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women, and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II.

During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of Manchukuo (200,000 men), Nanking China (250,000), Thailand, and recruits from the 'puppet' Burmese Independence Army (30,000) and Indian National Army (40,000), to constabularies and spear-wielding militias in the Philippines (15,000), Borneo, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Many of the recruits from former European colonies hoped for independence as part of the 'Greater East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere' proclaimed by Japanese propaganda, but Japan's intentions were entirely cynical. They formed alliances to deny the Allied powers access to territory that they could not actually occupy, and raised these large numbers of auxiliary troops to relieve the manpower burden of occupation, or simply as 'cannon-fodder'.

This extensively researched study examines each of these armies and militias in detail, exploring their history and deployment during World War II, and revealing the intricacies of their arms and equipment with stunning full-colour artwork and previously unpublished contemporary photographs.

From the Banana Wars of the early 20th century through to the Football War of 1969, South and Central America has been a hotbed of revolutions, rebellions and conflicts as diverse as they are numerous. Some were small-scale affairs involving the poorly armed forces of Central American armies with rifles, machetes and a few aged machine guns. Others were full-scale conflicts involving sophisticated armies equipped with tanks, artillery and aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of troops. These wars often went largely unreported in the West, which was preoccupied with its own problems in fighting two world wars and dealing with Cold War tensions.

Fully illustrated with a wealth of rare photographs, this fascinating story sheds light on seven decades of a continent in conflict that is rarely covered in English.

From the Mexican Revolution to the Zarumilla War, in the first 40 years of the 20th century the nations of Central and South America were frequently disturbed by border clashes, civil wars and revolution. Many of these conflicts became known as 'Banana Wars'. Some involved only lightly armed guerrillas, but others saw armies operating artillery and armoured vehicles, supported by aircraft and river navies. The conflicts in Honduras and Nicaragua saw the intervention of US Marines, and later wars involved armour and aircraft from the militaries of Europe.
Using detailed colour plates and a wealth of contemporary photographs, this book shows the uniforms, equipment and strategies of the armies involved in these conflicts little known in the West. Covering wars crossing the length and breadth of the continent, this is the fascinating account of the wars that helped shape modern Latin America.

В комплекте "Армии мира: Униформа. Вооружение. Организация".
- Армия США на Тихом океане, 1941 - 1945
- Британская армия, 1939 - 1945. Северо-Западная Европа
- Вспомогательные формирования верхмата
- Итальянская армия, 1940 - 1943. Африканский театр военных действий
- Русская армия в Семилетней войне. Кавалерия и артиллерия
- Французская армия, 1939 - 1945. Кампания 1939 - 1940. Вишистская Франция
Книги, входящие в комплект "Армии мира: Униформа. Вооружение. Организация" посвящены армиям разных времен и народов, их истории и организации. Особое внимание уделяется униформе, знакам различия и отличия, снаряжению и вооружению.
Текст сопровождается уникальными фотографиями. Цветные иллюстрации подготовлены на основании документов военного времени и дают точное представление о форме одежды военнослужащих американской армии.
Книги адресована широкому кругу читателей, увлекающихся историей армии и военной формы.

An in-depth analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century, this history begins with a run-through of the Chinese forces that combated the British and French during the two Opium Wars. It goes on to trace the forces who were drawn into internal wars and rebellions in the 1850s and 60s, the open warfare in North Vietnam, the string of defeats suffered during the First Sino-Japanese War, and the Boxer Rebellion.

Providing an unparalleled insight into the dizzying array of troop types and unique uniforms, this is a history of the sometimes painful modernization of China's military forces during one of her most turbulent periods in history.

With decades of research to draw from, Philip Jowett explores this extraordinary David-and-Goliath conflict, where the rag-tag Igbo tribal army of secessionist Biafra faced off against the Nigerian Federal forces. It was an African war that captured the attention of the western media, with individual commanders such as Biafran leader Colonel Ojukwu and Federal Colonel Adekunle becoming familiar figures across the globe. The Nigerian forces easily outnumbered their opponents, and benefitted from British and Soviet equipment, yet against all the odds the Biafrans held out for two and a half years, inflicting many setbacks on the Federal…

This is a comprehensive guide to the armies that fought a devastating and decisive conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean between the two World Wars of the 20th century. From the initial Greek invasion, designed to "liberate" the 100,000 ethnic Greeks that lived in Western Turkey and had done for centuries, to Mustapha Kemal Ataturk's incredibly efficient formation of a national government and a regular army, this was a war that shaped the geopolitical landscape of the Mediterranean to this day. It gave birth to the modern Turkish state, displacing millions and creating bitter memories of atrocities committed by both sides. Augmented with…

In 1912, the Balkan states formed an alliance in an effort to break free from the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Forming an army of some 645,000 troops from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenego, they took on a force of 400,000 Turkish soldiers. Both sides were equipped with the latest weapons technology. This book looks at the diverse and sometimes colorful uniforms worn by both sides, paying special attention to insignia, weapons and equipment. It also gives an overview of the campaign that became a "priming pan" of World War I.

Defeated in the Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, Imperial China collapsed into revolution and a republic was proclaimed in 1912. From the death of the first president in 1916 to the rise of the Nationalist Kuomintang government in 1926, the differing regions of this vast country were ruled by endlessly forming, breaking and re-forming alliances of regional generals who ruled as 'warlords'. These warlords acted essentially as local kings and much like Sengoku-period Japan, fewer, larger power-blocks emerged, fielding armies hundreds of thousands strong. In the midto late 1920s some of these regional warlords. This book will reveal each great warlord as well as the organization of their forces which acquired much and very varied weaponry from the west including the latest French air force bombers. They were also joined by Japanese, White Russian and some Western soldiers of fortune which adds even more colour to a fascinating and oft-forgotten period.

In the face of Soviet invasion in 1939-40, and once again in 1941-44, the armies raised by Finland - a tiny nation of only 4 million people - astonished the world by their effective resistance. At the end of both these campaigns - the Winter War, and the Continuation War - the fiercely patriotic defiance of vastly stronger Soviet forces by Marshal Mannerheim's soldiers won their country a unique prize: although forced to accept harsh terms, Finland was never occupied by the Red Army, and retained its independence. This book explains and illustrates, for the first time in English, the organization, uniforms, equipment and tactics of Finland's defenders.

Although the Chinese contribution to Allied victory in World War II is often ignored, China fought the Japanese Empire for far longer than any other belligerent nation. By the time that the Sino-Japanese War became absorbed into the wider conflict at the end of 1941, Chinese armies had already suffered huge casualties and half the country had been lost. By fighting on with Allied support, China tied down a million Japanese troops. After Japan's defeat in 1945, China was immediately plunged back into civil war between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Tse-tung's Communists; and the latter's victory in 1949 changed the world for the rest of the 20th century and beyond.

The Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria was the first 20th century conflict fought between the regular armies of major powers, employing the most modern means - machine guns, trench warfare, minefields and telephone communications; and the battle of Mukden in March 1905 was the largest clash of armies in world history up to that date. Events were followed by many foreign observers; but the events of 1914 in Western Europe suggest that not all of them drew the correct conclusions. For the first time in the West the armies of this distant but important war are described and illustrated in detail, with rare photos and the superbly atmospheric paintings of Russia's leading military illustrator.

Впервые в России! Книги уникальной военно-исторической серии ""СОЛДАТЪ"" Униформа. Вооружение. Организация. Книги посвящены армиям разных времен и народов, их истории и организации. Особое внимание уделяется униформе, знакам различия и отличия, снаряжению и вооружению. Серию отличают тщательность подготовки, историческая достоверность, объективность подхода к описываемым событиям, широта и новизна привле-каемых архивных материалов. Все книги дополнены уникальными фотографиями и цветными иллюстрациями, точно передающими мельчайшие детали униформы, снаряжения, знаков различия. Серия рассчитана на широкий круг читателей, увлекающихся всемирной военной историей

Впервые в России! Книги уникальной военно-исторической серии ""СОЛДАТЪ"" Униформа. Вооружение. Организация. Книги посвящены армиям разных времен и народов, их истории и организации. Особое внимание уделяется униформе, знакам различия и отличия, снаряжению и вооружению. Серию отличают тщательность подготовки, историческая достоверность, объективность подхода к описываемым событиям, широта и новизна привле-каемых архивных материалов. Все книги дополнены уникальными фотографиями и цветными иллюстрациями, точно передающими мельчайшие детали униформы, снаряжения, знаков различия. Серия рассчитана на широкий круг читателей, увлекающихся всемирной военной историей

Ни одна армия в истории не выиграла столько сражений и не захватила столь обширных территорий. Сразу после приостановки наступления на Тихоокеанском театре военных действий японцы были вынуждены перейти к обороне, к которой Япония была готова тактически, но не стратегически. Последующие три года японцы обороняли захваченные территории с невероятным упорством, потрясавшим всех, кто был вынужден вступать с ними в бои. Но в конце концов им пришлось уступить. Эта книга является второй частью исследования Филипа Джоуэтта. Она посвящена организации, униформе и знакам различия японской армии в 1942-1945 гг. Текст сопровождается уникальными иллюстрациями. Подробные цветные иллюстрации, выполненные Стивеном Эндрю, знакомят читателя с различными типами униформы.

Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей, увлекающихся историей армии и военной формы.

Книги посвящены армиям разных времен и народов, их истории и организации. Особое внимание уделяется униформе, знакам различия и отличия, снаряжению и вооружению. Серию отличают тщательность подготовки, историческая достоверность, объективность подхода к описываемым событиям, широта и новизна привле-каемых архивных материалов. Все книги дополнены уникальными фотографиями и цветными иллюстрациями, точно передающими мельчайшие детали униформы, снаряжения, знаков различия. Максимальная численность, которую итальянская армия выставляла во время войны в ряды войск ""оси"", составляла 2,5 миллиона солдат. Она играла ведущую роль в североафриканской кампании. Кроме этого, итальянская армия предприняла вторжение на Балканы. Там на нее пришлась основная тяжесть по поддержанию оккупационного порядка. Италия также послала 250000 солдат на советско-германский фронт. Эта книга является второй из трех, составляющих исследование Филипа Джоуэта. Она посвящена организации, униформе и знакам различия итальянских и колониальных войск, принимавших участие в североафриканской кампании и в ""забытой"" войне за Восточную Африку в 1940–1941 гг. Подробные цветные изображения, выполненные Стивеном Эндрю, знакомят читателя с различными типами униформы. Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей, увлекающихся историей армии и военной формы.

Максимальная численность, которую итальянская армия выставляла во время войны в ряды войск `оси`, составляла 2,5 миллиона солдат. Она играла ведущую роль в североафриканской кампании. Кроме этого, итальянская армия предприняла вторжение на Балканы. Там на нее пришлась основная тяжесть по поддержанию оккупационного порядка. Италия также послала 250 000 солдат на советско-германский фронт. Эта книга является второй из трех, составляющих исследование Филипа Джоуэта. Она посвящена организации, униформе и знакам различия итальянских и колониальных войск, принимавших участие в североафриканской кампании и в `забытой` войне за Восточную Африку в 1940-1941 гг. Подробные цветные изображения, выполненные Стивеном Эндрю, знакомят читателя с различными типами униформы.

Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей, увлекающихся историей армии и военной формы.