Partisan Warfare 1941-45 (MAA-142)

 Partisan Warfare 1941-45 (MAA-142)

Osprey Men-at-Arms Series No 142. Authors Nigel Thomas & Peter Abbott. Soft Cover, 48 pages. Pre-owned in very good condition.

A compact volume on the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the Communist-led and non-Communist resistance groups resisting German occupation.

During 1941 the Germans occupied first Greece and the former Yugoslavia, then enormous areas of European Russia. Once the front line troops had moved on the struggle continued as bands of resistance fighters waged war against the occupation forces until their final withdrawal. The term 'partisan' is associated with Communist-led bands and they were often the most fanatical defenders of the Soviet realm. However, there were also non-Communist resistance groups which were nationalist and broadly constitutionalist and as a result a complicated three-way war developed.

This book details the guerrilla war which was waged in the various regions and the uniforms and equipment of the combatants.