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The King's German Legion (1)

1803-12
BookPaperback
Ranking172531inSozialwissenschaften
CHF21.90

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The King's German Legion, described in detail here, represented about 20 percent of Wellington's fighting strength and distinguished itself in all the major campaigns including their famous charge at Garcia Hernandez during the Salamanca campaign.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-85532-996-6
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date15/02/2000
SeriesMen-at-Arms
Pages48 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 184 mm, Height 248 mm, Thickness 5 mm
Weight180 g
IllustrationsFarb. Abb.
Article no.1914349
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.9318509
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Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952. Over the next 22 years of infantry soldiering, many of them spent with the Gloucester Regiment, he held every rank and many regimental appointments up to WO1 and Regimental Sergeant Major. he retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has also written and illustrated many quality books in the Osprey Military list.