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PDF Paper soldiers of Napoleonic campaign in Egypt
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- The Napoleonic campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801) was fought in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests, to establish scientific enterprise in the region and ultimately to drive away the British from the Indian subcontinent. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, a series of naval engagements that included the capture of Malta. The campaign ended in defeat for Napoleon, and the withdrawal of French troops from the region.…
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PDF Paper soldiers of drum majors
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- The charm of the major drums Passionate about this prestigious function and fascinated by these men who have gone to fight often, their prestigious stick for the only weapon. The author have collected a collection of documents and toy soldiers dedicated to these military proud, completed by a series of soldiers In paper that brings together some of the most beautiful images of higher drums from the end of the 18th century until the end of the 20th century. By…
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PDF Bersaglieri d’Italia 1940-1945
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- One of the pillars of this spontaneous event is certainly Andrey Akimov, not only for the quality of his production but also for the variety and originality of his subjects, which we present here. In this first series 23 beautiful plates dedicated to Italian bersaglieri during the Second World War make a fine show. By Andrey Akimov, 50 pages Italian and English text
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PDF Paper Soldiers of French second empire
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- The formidable war machine which Napoleon III’s army had become had already been through several campaigns in Europe, Asia, Africa and also in Mexico just to the last disaster of French-Prussian war and the defeat of Sedan. The men and the uniforms of Cent-Gardes, Guides, Cuirassiers, Hussars, Zouaves and more in the art of Jean-Benoît Pfeiffer. By Jean-Benoît Pfeiffer, 50 pages Text in English, Italian and French (testo in italiano, inglese e francese)
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PDF Paper soldiers of Napoleonic era – Vol. 3
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- The napoleonic uniforms from The Vinkhuijzen collection The Napoleonic subjets present in our book come from a rare and unique collection of sheets assembled by H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910), a Dutch physician, lovers of military uniforms. One of the Vinkhuijzen's most important collaborators was the Italian Quinto Cenni, whose work we have already published in the series Quaderni Cenni. By Luca Stefano Cristini, 50 pages Text in English and Italian (testo in italiano e in inglese)
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PDF Paper soldiers of Napoleonic era – Vol. 2
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- The napoleonic uniforms from The Vinkhuijzen collection The Napoleonic subjets present in our book come from a rare and unique collection of sheets assembled by H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910), a Dutch physician, lovers of military uniforms. One of the Vinkhuijzen's most important collaborators was the Italian Quinto Cenni, whose work we have already published in the series Quaderni Cenni. By Luca Stefano Cristini, 52 pages Text in English and Italian (testo in italiano e in inglese)
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PDF Paper soldiers of Napoleonic era – Vol. 1
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- The napoleonic uniforms from The Vinkhuijzen collection The Napoleonic subjets present in our book come from a rare and unique collection of sheets assembled by H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910), a Dutch physician, lovers of military uniforms. One of the Vinkhuijzen's most important collaborators was the Italian Quinto Cenni, whose work we have already published in the series Quaderni Cenni. By Luca Stefano Cristini, 50 pages Text in English and Italian (testo in italiano e in inglese)
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PDF Byzantine Army AD 395-1453
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- The Byzantine army, or Eastern Roman army, was a direct continuation of the Roman army, in fact it maintained a similar level of discipline, strategy power and organization. It had been among the most effective armies of western Eurasia for much of the Middle Ages. Our Paper Soldiers belong largely to a collection maintained by the NPL. Other sheets are the work of artists from our Soldiershop atelier. By Luca Stefano Cristini, 52 pages Text in English and Italian (testo…
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PDF Paper Soldiers by Guglielmo Aimaretti – XVIII Century
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- Italian uniforms of XVIII century Guglielmo Aimaretti’s paper soldiers are truly a form of uniformology research, the author is in fact known for his illustrations in many of our books. In this first volume of the series, we present the paper soldiers of the 18th century, belonging in particular to the Savoyard army of the Kingdom of Sardinia. In the next volume with this author we will meet the Napoleonic subjects! By Guglielmo Aimaretti, 52 pages Text in English and…
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PDF Paper Soldiers by Carlo Pozzi – Vol. 2
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- Paper soldier - Soldatini di carta volume 2 The paper soldiers printings in this second volume cover the years from 1900 to the end of the WW2. It is based on Italian uniforms and colonial troops from 1919 to 1938. The book concludes with Italian and US air force subjects of WW2 with some last plates of Italian navy in 1960. In the first volume you can find soldiers from the XVII, XVIII and XIX century until the end of…
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PDF Paper Soldiers by Carlo Pozzi – Vol. 1
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- Paper soldier - Soldatini di carta volume 1 The paper soldiers printings in this first volume cover the years from 1650 to the end of the XIX century. In the second volume we will complete with tables from the XX century. The first infantries series from '600 and '700 is based on French and Italian subjects, but also English and Irish. You will also find an interesting and curious series regarding the French navy soldiers. Next are some sheets of…
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The 1799 campaign in Italy – Vol. 4 (PDF)
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- PDF TO DOWNLOAD France loses the war in Italy The battle of Novi (15 August 1799) was the major French defeat in Italy that saw an Austro-Russian army under Marshal Suvorov defeat the combined French armies in Italy. At the start of the fighting in 1799 the French had dominated Italy, but after a series of defeats at Magnano, Cassano and the Trebbia they had been forced back to Genoa, where the armies of Generals Macdonald and Moreau were combined…
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The 1799 campaign in Italy – Vol. 3 (PDF)
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- PDF TO DOWNLOAD MacDonald’s offensive On 14 April 1799, the French Directory ordered MacDonald to help the French forces in northern Italy. Accordingly, he assembled the Army of Naples and moved north, leaving southern Italy in the hands of local forces. bringing its total field force to 36,728 soldiers. The various armies involved, from France, Austria and Russia after a long series of clashes and maneuvers will end up clashing in the great and decisive battle of the War of the…
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The 1799 campaign in Italy – Vol. 2 (PDF)
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- PDF TO DOWNLOAD “KOSAKEN KOMMEN!” In 1799 Suvorov was given command of the Austro-Russian army and sent to drive France’s forces out of Italy. Suvorov and Napoleon never met in battle because Napoleon was campaigning in Egypt at the time. However, Suvorov erased practically all of the gains Napoleon had made for France during 1796 and 1797, defeating some of the republic’s top generals: Moreau at Cassano d’Adda, MacDonald at Trebbia, and Joubert at Novi. He went on to capture…
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The 1799 campaign in Italy – Vol. 1 (PDF)
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- PDF TO DOWNLOAD The armies of the war & the first battles The Italian campaign of 1799 was undertaken by a combined Austro-Russian army under overall command of the Russian General Alexander Suvorov against French forces in Piedmont, Lombardy and Switzerland as part of the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars in general and the War of the Second Coalition in particular. Although by 1799 he was nearly seventy years old, Suvorov was one of the most competent and…
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Carri armati ungheresi Toldi e Turan (PDF)
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- Durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, l’Ungheria schierò diverse unità di carri armati per supportare gli sforzi bellici dell’Asse. L’esercito ungherese utilizzò principalmente due tipi di carri armati durante il conflitto: il Toldi e il Turán in diverse varianti. Il Toldi era un carro armato leggero ungherese, sviluppato negli anni ‘30. Si trattava di un carro agile e adatto per compiti di ricognizione e supporto delle truppe. Il Turán fu il primo carro armato ungherese prodotto in serie. Era basato sul…
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Hungarian tanks Toldi & Turan (PDF)
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- During the Second World War, Hungary deployed several tank units to support the Axis war effort. The Hungarian army mainly used two types of tanks during the conflict: the Toldi and the Turán in different variants. The Toldi was a Hungarian light tank developed in the 1930s. It was an agile tank suitable for reconnaissance and troop support tasks. The Turán was the first mass-produced Hungarian tank. It was based on the chassis of the Czechoslovak LT vz. 38. However,…
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Carro medio italiano M11-39 (PDF)
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- Il carro M11/39, fu il carro armato di transizione tra il crro veloce L3 e l’M 13/40. L’M11/39 può essere considerato il primo carro medio italiano, con un peso di 11 tonnellate e l’armamento che era composto da un cannone da 37 mm in casamatta e da due mitragliatrici Breda Mod. 38 8 mm in torretta. Uno dei punti deboli era il motore di bassa potenza, del cannone posto in casamatta e della mancanza di apparecchiature radio. Poco adatto alla…
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Italian medium tank M11-39 (PDF)
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- The M11/39 tank was the transitional tank between the L3 fast tank and the M 13/40. The M11/39 can be considered the first Italian medium tank, with a weight of 11 tonnes and armament that consisted of a 37 mm cannon in the casemate and two Breda Mod. 38 8 mm machine guns in the turret. One of the weak points was the low-powered engine, the cannon placed in the casemate and the lack of radio equipment. Unsuitable for desert…
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Le prime autoblinde italiane (PDF)
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- In questo primo volume dedicato alle autoblinde italiane, iniziamo a presentare le prime e più antiche. All’inizio si trattò soprattutto di modelli rimasti a livello di prototipi, o di mezzi prodotti in numero assai basso. Delle tante, abbiamo dedicato un po’ di spazio alle blindo più antiche come la Bianchi, già presente nel conflitto italo-turca, o la Fiat-Terni Tripoli nata nel 1918. Passiamo poi alla leggenda della Lancia 1Z, mezzo fortunato nato nel primo conflitto mondiale e che rimase operativo…
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The first Italian armoured cars (PDF)
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- In this first volume devoted to Italian armoured cars, we begin by presenting the earliest and oldest ones. In the beginning, these were mainly models that remained at prototype level, or vehicles produced in very low numbers. Of the many, we have devoted some space to the oldest blindos such as the Bianchi, which was already present in the Italo-Turkish conflict, or the Fiat-Terni Tripoli born in 1918. We then move on to the legend of the Lancia 1Z, a…
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Carro leggero italiano L6-40 e Semovente L40 (PDF)
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- Il Carro Armato L6/40 fu L’unico vero carro armato leggero italiano della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Utilizzato durante la seconda guerra mondiale, prevalentemente dal Regio Esercito che lo impiegò praticamente in tutti i teatri di guerra: Africa settentrionale e orientale, Russia, Balcani e resto dell’ Europa. Utilizzato soprattutto come mezzo di ricognizione a partire alla primavera del 1941 fino all’armistizio con gli alleati nel settembre 1943. Mezzo originariamente progettato per le operazioni in montagna, si rivelò tuttavia presto inadatto alle operazioni…
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Italian light tanks L6-40 & Semovente L40 (PDF)
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- The L6/40 Tank was the only true Italian light tank of World War II. Used during the Second World War mainly by the Regio Esercito, which employed it in practically all theaters of war: North and East Africa, Russia, the Balkans and the rest of Europe. Used mainly as a reconnaissance vehicle from the spring of 1941 until the armistice with the Allies in September 1943. A vehicle originally designed for mountain operations, it soon proved unsuitable for the operations…
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FIAT C.R.42 “Falco” (PDF)
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- Il Fiat C.R.42 Falco fu un celebre biplano italiano di tipo sesquiplano, monoposto e monomotore da caccia e caccia notturna con carrello fisso e struttura metallica a rivestimento misto (parte in metallo e parte in tela), realizzato dalla famosa casa torinese alla fine degli anni trenta. Venne utilizzato nella seconda guerra mondiale prevalentemente dalla Regia Aeronautica, ma fu acquistato anche da paesi come Belgio, Ungheria, Finlandia e Svezia. Il “Falco”, così venne soprannominato l’aereo italiano, fu l’ultimo caccia biplano della storia ad essere costruito in serie. Assieme al Gloster Gladiator britannico e al Polikarpov I-15 sovietico, (ai quali era superiore)…
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Fiat C.R.42 “Falco” (PDF)
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- The Fiat C.R.42 Falco was a famous Italian sesquiplane-type, single-seat, single-engine fighter and night fighter biplane with a fixed undercarriage and mixed (part metal and part canvas) metal structure, made by the famous Turin-based manufacturer in the late 1930s. It was used in World War II mainly by the Regia Aeronautica, but was also purchased by countries such as Belgium, Hungary, Finland and Sweden. The 'Falco', as the Italian aircraft was nicknamed, was the last biplane fighter in history to…
