| Ukrainian Armies 1914-55 Contributor(s): Abbott, Peter (Author), Pinak, Eugene (Author), Rudenko, Oleksiy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1841766682 ISBN-13: 9781841766683 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: There can be no region in Europe whose history has been more tortured than Ukraine. During the 20th century Austria, Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania vied for power over parts of this vast and fragmented area; and its divided peoples rose time and again in vain attempts to win their independence. For the first time in the West, this book gives a succinct summary of all the different armed forces raised among the Ukrainians, and of their uniforms and insignia. These are illustrated in colour and in a selection of extremely rare photographs, dating from the Great War to the aftermath of World War II, when Ukrainian guerrillas continued to defy the Soviet authorities until the mid-1950s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 940.409 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 7.26" W x 9.76" (0.39 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There can be no region in Europe whose history has been more tortured than Ukraine. During the 20th century Austria, Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania vied for power over parts of this vast and fragmented area; and its divided peoples rose time and again in vain attempts to win their independence. For the first time in the West, this book gives a succinct summary of all the different armed forces raised among the Ukrainians, and of their uniforms and insignia. These are illustrated in colour and in a selection of extremely rare photographs, dating from World War I (1914-1918) to the aftermath of World War II (1939-1945), when Ukrainian guerrillas continued to defy the Soviet authorities until the mid-1950s. |