Item Tag: Men-at-Arms

The Allgemeine-SS

The SS originated as Hitler's personal bodyguard and following his rise to power in 1933 the organisation divided into two: the Waffen-SS, which comprised the military wing, and the Allgemeine-SS, whose role was to support the police in maintaining order. The Allgemeine-SS had a wide-ranging effect on all aspects of life in Nazi Germany, from enforcing Hitler's racial policies through to the running of over 500 factories in Germany and occupied Europe. While the more visible armed SS combat units naturally received all the publicity, especially during World War II, it was the rather faceless Allgemeine-SS which wielded the real power.' The Allgemeine-SSRobin Lumsden (Author), Paul Hannon (Illustrator) PublishedNov 25 1993FormatPaperbackEdition1stExtent48ISBN9781855323582ImprintOsprey PublishingIllustrations50 b/w; 8 colDimensions10 x 7 inchesSeriesMen-at-ArmsShort codeMAA 266PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

Men-At-Arms 383: Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 (3) by David Rickman

From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Before the mid-18th century royal troops were seldom shipped out from Britain, and the main burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell upon locally raised units, which also fought alongside the Crown forces during the major operations of the French-Indian War of the 1750s. This final book of a fascinating three-part study covers the militias and provincial troops raised in the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, Nova Scotia, Hudson's Bay and Quebec Province; and also Rangers, and colors and standards. Series: Men-at-Arms (Book 383)Paperback: 48 pagesPublisher: Osprey Publishing; 1st edition (January 15, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1841764833ISBN-13: 9781841764832