By Peter Connolly
350 + colour illustrations 38 maps eight x 12 Revised variation incorporating new archeological learn Breathtaking research of twelve centuries of battle during this new and revised version, Peter Connolly combines a close account of the palms and armies of Greece and Rome together with his remarkable, full-color art. utilising clean archeological facts and new fabric at the manufacture and use of guns, the writer provides luxurious colour illustrations famous because the most sensible and such a lot actual in their variety. Chapters hide association, strategies, armor and guns, fortifications, and lots more and plenty extra. The armies of Greece, Macedon, and Rome are introduced vividly to existence. Chapters at the wars among the Romans and Hannibal lucidly exhibit the face of conflict in precedent days. Peter Connolly is well known for either his scholarship of the traditional global and his ability as an illustrator. he's the writer and illustrator of The Greek Armies, The Roman military, The Roman Cavalryman, and the traditional urban.
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The Red Army man needed fewer supplies; Russian weapons were less complex and needed less attention; civilians performed duties in rear areas, in hospitals, on the railroads, and as veterinarians, 2. The smaller wagons were easier on the horses; tractors pulled heavy loads instead of large teams of draft horses, 3. The German division had more men to supply and more heavy weapons; 4. German service units had to protect themselves against partisans and required more men to do so, 5. The German philosophy was that a division supplied itself directly from the army depots using its own men to bring forward the munitions, fuel, rations, and fodder.
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