German Uniforms of the Third Reich: 1933-1945

By Brian Leigh Davis

Book Overview

During the Third Reich, almost every German wore a uniform, whether military or civil. Nearly 250 of the most important ones appear here, modeled by their most typical wearers. The paintings--based on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0668049405
• ISBN13: 9780668049405
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Arco Pub
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the Blandford Color Series

No one book can be the be-all-end-all on any subject. However, Brian Leigh Davis and Pierre Turner did a good job of narrowing this down to just German uniforms between 1933 and 1945. They do a good job of describing the person who would be wearing the uniform. This book describes 240 uniforms and has a Chart of Comparative Ranks at the end. Next up ISBN-13: 9780764300462SS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs

Impressive Compilation but...

240 different uniform illustrations "a la" Osprey, very impressive and very well rendered but... only a handful of combat/fighting uniforms. so if you are looking for equipment references this will leave a sour taste in your mouth, considering the book go for $80 or so used nowadays... On the other hand 80 bucks for 240 color plates, definitely puts away the slim ospreys ( no comparison on the historical, references, thorough detailing, additional pictures and complete background though...) so if you're looking for fancy officers' parade uniforms, evening tuxedos, german red cross volunteers, nurses, female auxiliaries, youth and SA brown shirts, coal miners surveyers, railway police officers and other obscur female auxiliaries, this is the book for you. If you're looking for paratroopers' camouflage patterns and eastern front grenadiers' reversible snow jacket, then this is the wrong book, stick with osprey. book is tiny too. paperback is 5x7.

An excellent reference source

This book is pretty useful for all those interested on German militaria and that want to reproduce or customize German World War II uniforms. The second section of the book explains the uniforms depicted.

Good for History Fans, Militeria Buffs, and Modellers Alike.

I was looking for a book that showed every possible style of uniform used by German soldiers, officers, and civilians during WWII and this was the perfect book. Each uniform is painted from an actual photograph, and the color schemes have been meticuluously researched to provide for a very good resource. My only disappointment came from the fact that the book does not include insignias, awards, or medals.