Alejandro De Quesada

The Spanish Civil War 1936-39 (1) (eBook, ePUB)

Nationalist Forces
Illustrator: Walsh, Stephen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, was the curtain-raiser to World War II, and the major international event of the 1930s. It was the first great clash of 20th-century ideologies, between the rebel Nationalist army led by General Franco (right-wing, and aided by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy), and the Republican army of the government (left-wing, and aided by the Communist Soviet Union and many volunteers from liberal democracies). Three years of widespread campaigns involved the most modern weapons available. The war was fought ruthlessly by both sides, and when the Nationalists secured victory they installed a dictatorship that lasted until November 1975 - the last such regime in Western Europe. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this first part of a two-part study depicts the fighting men of the Nationalist forces that strove to take control of Spain alongside their German and Italian allies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782007845
• Artikelnr.: 44626419

Autorenporträt

Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher, and collector of militaria, photos and documents. He runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. Alejandro has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects.

He is the author of the following Osprey titles to date: The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection; The US Home Front 1941-45; Roosevelt's Rough Riders; The Bay of Pigs; The Mexican Revolution; The United States Coast Guard during World War II; Spanish Colonial Fortifications in North America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: historical background/ Chronology of main events
1931-39/ Franco's Nationalist armies: organization
orders of battle; uniforms
weapons
equipment/ Regional troops: Galicia
Andalucia
Navarra
etc./ Troops from Africa: Moroccan
African nomadic
Spanish Foreign Legion/ Security troops: Guardia Civil
Cuerpo de Seguridad/ Spanish Falange and other political militias/ Nationalist Air Force/ Nationalist Navy/ Foreign volunteers: German Legion Condor
Italian Volunteer Corps
Irish Brigade
Portuguese volunteers/ Select bibliography/ Plate commentaries/ Index