Has anyone else on the forum seen a copy of this book: "Deutsche Sturmtruppen" by Jean Larcade. I got a copy last year and was quite impressed. It's 140 pages with 200+ photos, French text. There are some colour shots of surviving items -not as many tunics as I'd hoped for, but lots of equipment, grenades, fighting knives, etc. The real value for me was in the WWI shots of groups of stormtroopers -the book managed to avoid rehashing all the old Sedan training shots that we've all got used to, and has thrown up some real gems, including a photo of a member of Sturm Battalion Rohr wearing this units unique arm badge, a crowned "W" on a field-grey oval -no, I'd never seen, or heard, of that one either! It's not for everyone, but if you're into assault troops or field-grey uniforms in general, then it's worth it for the contemporary photos alone. What did other forum members who've seen the book think of it? Regards, Paul.
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I think it's a great book with lots of info I didn't know before. I heard it was sold out and no copies available any more...
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Hi
This book is reprinted and avalaible at this address:
A&C
19 rue de la République
75011 Paris
France
Price: 34 € + Port 6,25 €
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Larcade Book
For UK members, Helion Books -www.helion.co.uk- have copies available at £35, not cheap for a softback, but worth every penny in my opinion. Larcade has published a series on French colonial units in this format, so hopefully this is the first of many on an Imperial German theme. Where's that French dictionary....Comment
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some other great Sturmtruppen books are:
EYE DEAP IN HELL, trench warfare in World War 1
by ELLIS
STORM OF STEEL, Outstanding book!!!
THE GERMAN A7V TANK AND THE CAPTURED BRITSH MARK IV TANKS OF WORLD WAR I
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