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- ISBN 9780850458220
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 182 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 25 Feb 1987
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Dr Nigel Thomas is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly at Northumbria University, Newcastle. His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern Enlargement of NATO.
Ronald Volstad was born in 1949 in Alberta, Canada, where he still lives and works. He worked in a TV company's art department - before spending 15 years operating heavy machinery in the oil industry. His first illustrations were published in 1970; since then he has become widely known for his work in Squadron and Osprey publications and for Dragon Models, and has also worked as a courtroom artist for TV news.
