NATO Armies 1949-87 (Elite)

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ISBN-10:

0850458226

ISBN-13:

9780850458220

Author(s): Thomas, Nigel
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1987
Format: Paperback, 64 pages
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Description:

Osprey's study of NATO armies of the post-World War II period. The defeat of Hitler on 8 May 1945 left Western Europe militarily vulnerable and economically exhausted. The Soviet Union, however, had since 1940 annexed 180,000 square miles of Eastern Europe, occupied a further 390,000 square miles, and now seemed poised to advance still further westwards with its six-million strong forces. The increasing Soviet threat brought forth demands for a permanent Western Military alliance, and on 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington DC. This book explores the history, organization and uniforms of NATO armies - excluding the United States and Great Britain - as they were in the late 1980s.












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