Category:Identification of The World's Military, Naval and Air Uniforms, Insignia and Flags 1943

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search
scanned PDFversion
English: The World's Military, Naval and Air Uniforms, Insignia and Flags is an American handbook on foreign military uniforms and insignia designed for intelligence officers. It was published by The Military Service Publishing Company (The Telegraph Press), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania during World War II. The first edition came 1943, second printing in April 1943. Original scanned book from University of Michigan, digitized by Google.
INTRODUCTION
A handbook on foreign military uniforms and insignia is such an elementary necessity for an army at war that apparently everyone overlooked the preparation of it. The United States is now going into its second year of war, and as yet nothing, official or unofficial, has appeared that will give the soldier going overseas a comprehensive idea of foreign military uniforms, insignia, flags, aircraft markings and a brief summary of the more important background information about the history, army and navy, economics, and politics of the various countries to which he may be sent.
This book does not fully meet this standard. To produce such a book in these days of war would require the full cooperation of every United Nation, and even The information on certain belligerants would probably be unobtainable. The publishers were torn between the necessity of waiting months until they received this information from the four corners of the world and possibly not getting it until the war was over; or going ahead and issuing what seemed to them the best book they could produce and getting if out in time to have it be of some use.
We realize that this book is not all we would like it to be; we want readers to send in additional information and suggestions for correcting and improving if; and we hope to bring out corrected and enlarged editions as often as changes warrant.
However, we believe that IDENTIFICATION is the best handbook of military uniforms ahd insignia on the market. It is designed expressly for intelligence officers who must know the exact manner in which uniforms and insignia are worn; for air officers who are apt to find themselves in different countries on successive days; and for every soldier going abroad who wants authoritative and readily available information on the military and civil affairs of every country to which he may be going.
THE PUBLISHERS

Media in category "Identification of The World's Military, Naval and Air Uniforms, Insignia and Flags 1943"

The following 27 files are in this category, out of 27 total.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Identification_of_The_World%27s_Military,_Naval_and_Air_Uniforms,_Insignia_and_Flags_1943&oldid=757925349"