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Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns
by Gordon Rottman
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Osprey�s new Weapon series provides a highly-detailed yet affordable overview of the development, use, and impact of small arms throughout history�from the sword to the machine gun. In this volume, Gordon Rottman examines this history of the longest serving weapon in the U.S. military�s small arms inventory. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with rare photographs and original artwork by Johnny Shumate, the book takes readers from the origins of the �fifty� on the battlefields of WW... more info>>
Category: History
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FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II
by Gordon Rottman
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Humorous, sarcastic, sober, pessimistic, fatalistic, defiant or defeatist, slang is an important part of every soldier's vocabulary. Much of the slang of World War II was handed down from World War I and earlier conflicts. These words were so ingrained into the soldier's vocabulary that their use was continued by a new generation of soldiers and by the end of the war some terms had even passed into standard everyday usage.
This book is a detailed survey of the slang of WWII as used and evolve... more info>>
Category: History
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