Skip to main content

First Special Service Force 1942-44

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Elite - 20th Century - World War II

MSRP old price: $18.95


Product Info

Title
First Special Service Force 1942-44
Publisher
Category
Author
Bret Werner
Publish Year
2006
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394172
MFG. Part #
OSPELI145
Type
Softcover
Series
ELI145

Description

This is a concise history of the unique integrated commando-style brigade of US and Canadian volunteers formed in 1942. Hand picked, and trained in airborne, amphibious, mountain and winter warfare, demolitions and close-quarter tactics, they left a combat legacy still recognized amongst today's Special Forces. This book explores the remarkable results the FSSF achieved in Italy - in the harsh mountain fighting on the Winter Line, in the trenches of Anzio, and in the breakthrough to Rome. Accompanied by unique combat photography and illustrations of their distinctive uniforms, this is an insight into a famous, but little explored unit.