MINT! Still in shrink wrapper!!!! The complete history of the Slovak Armed Forces during World War II is covered here in this book. Hundreds of period photos, tables, maps, color uniform plates, orders of battle, strength returns/losses abound. This is an academic and authoritative study of the Slovak military, including the Hlinka Guard & Air Force, as well as the Army and Gendarmerie. The political and military history of Tiso's regime is included, as well as a section on the Shoah (Holocaust).
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Mark W. Axworthy has previously written "Third Axis / Fourth Ally" (Arms & Armour Press), dealing with the history of the Romanian Armed Forces in World War II.
His books have become instant classics and are considered necessary reading for those interested in the subject.
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This review is from: Axis Slovakia: Hitler's Slavic Wedge, 1938-1945 (Hardcover)
This book is good researh work about little known German Ally. It has many interesting materials about Slovak armed forces in the Ostront, Slovak uprising and Slovak home front. Highly recommended.
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Slovakia was born out of the progressive dismemberment of Czechoslovakia by the Axis powers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expeditionary army group, active conscripts, improvised armoured train, mountain gun battery, tactical group, reconnaissance group, color dust jacket, fighter regiment, security division, labour corps, flat spine, air regiment, armoured trains, light tanks, field howitzers, armoured cars, infantry division, national uprising, mountain guns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rapid Division, Hlinka Guard, Red Army, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Air Force, Technical Division, Tatra Division, Rapid Brigade, Panzer Army, Kampfgruppe Schill, Rapid Group, Spisská Nová Ves, Rifle Division, Tri Duby, Slovak Jews, Armoured Regiment, Soviet Union, Technical Brigade, Army Group Centre, Parachute Brigade, Reserve Division, Dukliansky Pass, Illinka Guard, Panzer Division, Air Arms Group New!
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Slovakia was born out of the progressive dismemberment of Czechoslovakia by the Axis powers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
expeditionary army group, active conscripts, improvised armoured train, mountain gun battery, tactical group, reconnaissance group, color dust jacket, fighter regiment, security division, labour corps, flat spine, air regiment, armoured trains, light tanks, field howitzers, armoured cars, infantry division, national uprising, mountain guns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rapid Division, Hlinka Guard, Red Army, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Air Force, Technical Division, Tatra Division, Rapid Brigade, Panzer Army, Kampfgruppe Schill, Rapid Group, Spisská Nová Ves, Rifle Division, Tri Duby, Slovak Jews, Armoured Regiment, Soviet Union, Technical Brigade, Army Group Centre, Parachute Brigade, Reserve Division, Dukliansky Pass, Illinka Guard, Panzer Division, Air Arms Group New!
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- For Czar & Country: A History of the Russian Guard Corps, 1941-1945 by Antonio J. Munoz in Back Matter
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