The Serbian Army in the Great War 1914-1918

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The Serbian Army in the Great War, 1914-1918
Belgrade, 2014.
Soft cover
Format: 21x24cm
Highly illustrated with more than 500 photos, many of them first time published.
Pages: 306
The Kingdom of Serbia waged war against Austria-Hungary and the other Central Powers from 28 July 1914 when the Austro-Hungarian government declared war, until the capitulation of Austria-Hungary. In the first two years of the war, Serbia defeated the Austro-Hungarian Balkan Army. The following year, her army was faced with the Axis invasion. Unwilling to surrender, the Serbian Army retreated through Albania and evacuated to Corfu where it rested, rearmed and reorganized. From there the army transferred to the Salonika Front, where it recorded successes by 1916. After a long lull, the struggle to penetrate the Front began in September 1918. Serbian and other Allied forces broke through the Front and Bulgaria was soon forced to surrender. The Serbian Army advanced rapidly and on 1 November 1918 Belgrade was liberated. Thanks to the Serbian military victories and diplomatic efforts, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) was created.
Serbia paid for her victory in the Great War in a disproportionately exorbitant manner: it is estimated that she lost close to one million inhabitants, of whom about 400,000 were conscripts and the rest civilians, which accounted for nearly a third of the total population, or close to 60% of the male population. No other country that participated in the Great War paid so dearly for its freedom.
The Serbian Army in the Great War, 1914–1918 offers readers a very thorough analysis of the Serbian Army of the period, including its organization, participation in military operations, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and system of orders and medals. This book is a synthesis of all available literature and periodicals, appearing for the first time in the English language. The book is well supported by around 500 illustrations, out of which more than 300 are contemporary photographs and other documents, while this is complemented by dozens of color plates of uniform reconstructions and color photographs of the preserved pieces of uniform, equipment and weapons. A special emphasis has been placed on the colors of Serbian uniforms from the period. The book is the result of two decades of research and will enable readers to gain a clearer picture of this subject.
SRPSKA VOJSKA U VELIKOM RATU 1914 - 1918
Dusan M. Babac
Beograd, 2014.
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Format: 21cm x 24cm
Bogato ilustrovano, više od 500 fotografija na 306 strana
Nijedna druga zemlja, učesnica Velikog rata nije tako skupo platila svoju slobodu.
U slavu srpskog junaka, nastala je ova knjiga, ilustrovana sa više od 500 fotografija, od kojih se mnoge prvi put objavljuju.
Monografija „Srpska vojska u Velikom ratu 1914–1918“ je delo koje prati veliku pobedu Srbije u Prvom svetskom ratu, obogaćeno mnogobrojnim i vrednim fotografijama.
U pitanju je rekonstrukcija rata, svih važnih momenata, kao i brojčanih pokazatelja, iz kojih se vide uspesi, ali i stradanja Srbije i njene vojske.
Posebno poglavlje posvećeno je naoružanju koje je onovremena srpska vojska koristila. Fotografije odličnog kvaliteta predočavaju artiljeriju, puške, mitraljeze, minobacače.
Posebno poglavlje posvećeno je i uniformama tog doba.