Camouflaged Fist: Camouflage Smocks used by the Infantry Brigades of 6th Armoured Division in Italy 1944...

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Gareth Scanlon

Camouflaged Fist

Camouflage Smocks used by the Infantry Brigades of 6th Armoured Division in Italy 1944

Gareth Scanlon

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Helion & Company
04 July 2024

European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Uniforms & insignia

Camouflaged Fist delivers a comprehensive overview of the innovative, and until now previously un-researched, camouflage smocks worn by the infantrymen of the 6th armored Division. Following meticulous archival research of previously un-accessed war diaries the narrative uses a fully evidenced based approach supplemented by accounts from those who wore them and recently digitised photographs and documents to set out the who, what, why, where and when of their use.

AUTHOR: Gareth Scanlon is a Police Contact Management Strategic Leader. He is a fluent Welsh speaker as a native of the Amman Valley in South West Wales where he lives today with his wife and 5-year-old son. He is an avid Second World War historian and is a published nature photographer.

In telling the story, Camouflage Fist also provides insight into the wider use of uniform by infantrymen in Italy and previously unpublished material concerning the 6th armored Division. It will be of interest and assistance to historians, military collectors, reenactors and scale modellers alike.

'Gareth Scanlon has put together a detailed study of the 6th armored Division. He presents a comprehensive analysis of the uniforms, the innovative use of camouflage clothing and the adaptation of the Guards and Rifle regiments of the Division to the climate, terrain and vegetation of central Italy during the summer of 1944. The result of many years of detailed research and painstaking acquisition of the uniforms and other accoutrements worn by the guardsmen and riflemen Camouflaged Fist provides a deep analysis of their origins, sources and modifications. This book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the war in Italy from a barely tapped but fruitful direction for what is often portrayed as a dull, unimaginative and colorless campaign.' - Dr Nigel Warwick, Corps Historian Royal Air Force Regiment

136 colour photos/illustrations, 81 b/w photos/illustrations, 5 colour maps, 2 b/w maps, 22 figures, 2 graphs, 1 tables

By: Gareth Scanlon
Imprint: Helion & Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 249mm, Width: 180mm,
ISBN: 9781804515846
ISBN 10: 1804515841
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 04 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Gareth Scanlon is a Police Contact Management Strategic Leader. He is a fluent Welsh speaker as a native of the Amman Valley in South West Wales where he lives today with his wife and 5-year-old son. He is an avid Second World War historian and is a published nature photographer.