Motos militaires (2e GM) - Allemagne : livres - histoire

BMW Motorcycles in World War II - R12/R75

Avec plus de 220 photos, ce livre montre les différents types de BMW R12 et R75 dans divers rôles de combat sur tous les fronts de la guerre.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Janusz Piekalkiewicz
Présentation :	192 pages, 27 x 20.5 x 1.9 cm, relié
Illustration :	250+ photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 1991)
ISBN :	9780887403064

German Military Motorcycles - In the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, 1934-1945

This volume of photographs provides a documentation of the many motorcycle riders of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht and their various cycles between 1934 and 1945, including requisitioned machines.

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Auteur :	Horst Hinrichsen
Présentation :	200 pages, 26 x 18 x 2.1 cm, relié
Illustration :	plus de 300 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN :	9780764301926

Heavy Sidecar Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht

All new photo collection covering BMW, Zündapp, NSU and DKW sidecar motorcycles on a variety of war fronts.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Horst Hinrichsen
Présentation :	48 pages, 28 x 22 x 0.4 cm, broché
Illustration :	plus de 100 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN :	9780764312724

Two-Wheeled Blitzkrieg

No other combatant nation employed motorcycles on the scale produced by the Third Reich. During Nazi Germany's campaigns, first of invasion, then of the retreat that followed, motorcycles served a variety of functions: as couriers, for reconnaissance, for medical evacuation, as assault shock troops taking the brunt of battle, even as tank destroyers and for delivering hot meals to the frontline.

As the Third Reich gained absolute control of Germany and sought to spread its domain by fire and steel, some 300 different brands of motorcycles had been in production, yet only a select few were chosen to join the Wehrmacht in its war of conquest.
Among the motorcycles were the vaunted BMW, as well as NSU, Zundapp and the now lesser known yet `bullet tough' DKW, among several others, either domestically produced or confiscated from occupied territories.

As with all motorcyclists, there was a kinship among the soldiers on two (or three) wheels who called themselves Kradmelder (despatch riders).
"Two-Wheeled Blitzkrieg" shares the uniquely personal, largely unpublished images they took of themselves and their machines as they entered the crucible of war.

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Auteur :	Paul Garson
Présentation :	128 pages, 23.5 x 16.5 x 1.1 cm, broché
Illustration :	200 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2018)
ISBN :	9781445672366

German Motorcycles of WWII: A Visual History in Vintage Photos and Restored Examples (Part 1)

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Allemands se sont imposés comme des pionniers dans l'utilisation de la moto comme un outil puissant pour la guerre offensive, surpassant les autres nations dans son utilisation. Ces unités accomplissaient des rôles essentiels tels que les opérations de ratissage pour les troupes suivantes, fonctionnaient comme gardes avancées, lançaient des attaques surprises semblables à des raids sur les flancs et l'arrière d'un adversaire, et poursuivaient les ennemis en retraite. Pour remplir ces missions, une gamme variée de motos était utilisée, y compris des modèles civils réquisitionnés et modifiés, ainsi que des motos militaires spécialement conçues.

Cette publication de référence unique fusionne des photographies vintage rares avec des images de motos allemandes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale impeccablement restaurées. Ce premier volume d'une série en plusieurs parties présente de grandes photos détaillées en couleur de modèles sélectionnés, dont les BMW R4, R12, R35, R71, R74 et Zündapp KS750. Seuls les exemples les plus exceptionnels de ces motos ont été présentés dans ce travail complet.

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Auteur :	David Doyle
Présentation :	120 pages, 21.5 x 28 x 1.3 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Ampersand Publishing Company, Inc. (USA, 2016)
ISBN :	9781944367022

Motorcycles of the Wehrmacht - A Photo Chronicle

Covers the various types of motorcycles used by the Wehrmacht during WWII.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Horst Hinrichsen
Présentation :	192 pages, 26 x 18.5 x 1.6 cm, relié
Illustration :	plus de 300 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN :	9780887406850

Zündapp KS 601 - A Legend on Wheels

This book is a concise look into the German Zndapp firms history within the framework of one if its most successful motorcycle designs: the KS 601.

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Auteur :	Reiner Scharfenberg
Présentation :	52 pages, 22.5 x 21.5 x 0.3 cm, broché
Illustration :	plus de 100 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN :	9780764312915

Deutsche Militärmotorräder - Seit 1905

Although motorcycle construction experienced its first boom at the beginning of the 20th century, motorcycles only slowly began to establish themselves in the military during the First World War.
In the Weimar Republic, the Reichswehr increasingly commissioned motorcycle rifle units on heavy motorcycles. It was not until 1938 that BMW and Zündapp began developing so-called super-heavy motorcycles with low-range gears, reverse gear and sidecar drive. After the war, two-stroke engines were mainly used.

Pages du livre "Deutsche Militärmotorräder - Seit 1905"

In this volume, Frank Rönicke documents the development of German military motorcycles since 1905.

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Auteur :	Frank Rönicke
Présentation :	144 pages, 26.5 x 23 cm, relié
Illustration :	150 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN :	9783613041233

Kräder im Einsatz 1934-1945 - Militärkräder in Reichswehr und Wehrmacht

This illustrated book documents the use of many motorcyclists and their various motorcycles between 1934 and 1945. As motorcycle messengers or motorcycle riflemen, they served on "steel horses" in pre-war and wartime times. In battlefields from Norway to Africa and from the Atlantic to the Volga, they were sent into the field with mostly non-off-road road machines.

Special equipment such as hand and foot heating or the "motorcycle coat" designed exclusively for motorcyclists is presented in this book. In addition to impressive operational photos with conventional Wehrmacht motorcycles from well-known manufacturers such as BMW, NSU, Zündapp or DKW, this volume also contains a wealth of photos of requisitioned machines. Without the use of these civilian motorcycles, the motorcycle messenger system would not have been possible during the Second World War.

A particular problem arose with the captured motorcycles. The Wehrmacht could only service them if their manufacturing plants were located in the German occupied area or if extensive spare parts stores had been captured.
Some of the captured French motorcycles from Terrot, Rene Gillet and Gnome et Rhone that were used are shown. This unusual illustrated book also gives an idea of the motorcycle use of former wartime enemies. In addition to the well-known solo and sidecar combinations from FN, Indian Chief, Harley Davidson, BSA and Norton, the super-light motorcycles of the English and American airborne troops are also presented here.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Reinhard Frank
Présentation :	200 pages, 24.5 x 18 cm, relié
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos en N&B
Langue :	allemand
Editeur :	Dörfler Verlag GmbH (D, 1999)
ISBN :	9783895558634