Dr Jeffrey T. Fowler is a retired US Army historian and military police officer who served in Korea and Germany. He is the director of a security-consulting firm in the American Midwest. His passions are military history, weapons, dogs, and horses. This is his first book for Osprey.Mike Chappell spent 22 years in infantry soldiering, retiring in 1974 as RSM of the 1st Bn., The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers). Since beginning to paint military subjects in 1968 Mike has gained world-wide popularity as a military illustrator, and has been a prolific artist and author for Osprey for well over 20 years.

• The pre-war German cavalryOperations of the 1st Cavalry Division and of mounted reconnaissance units in Poland and France, 1939-40Operation Barbarossa - German cavalry in Russia, June-December 1941Expanded roles for cavalry from spring 1942 - typical operations: anti-partisan warfare, and reconnaissanceThe Waffen-SS cavalryAxis cavalry: Cossacks, Kalmyks, Italian, Rumanian and Hungarian units Support servicesEquipment and weapons

Dr Jeffrey T. Fowler is a retired US Army historian and military police officer who served in Korea and Germany. He is the director of a security-consulting firm in the American Midwest. His passions are military history, weapons, dogs, and horses. This is his first book for Osprey.Mike Chappell spent 22 years in infantry soldiering, retiring in 1974 as RSM of the 1st Bn., The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers). Since beginning to paint military subjects in 1968 Mike has gained world-wide popularity as a military illustrator, and has been a prolific artist and author for Osprey for well over 20 years.

• The pre-war German cavalryOperations of the 1st Cavalry Division and of mounted reconnaissance units in Poland and France, 1939-40Operation Barbarossa - German cavalry in Russia, June-December 1941Expanded roles for cavalry from spring 1942 - typical operations: anti-partisan warfare, and reconnaissanceThe Waffen-SS cavalryAxis cavalry: Cossacks, Kalmyks, Italian, Rumanian and Hungarian units Support servicesEquipment and weapons