Motorcycles entered military service in World War I, replacing the mounted despatch rider and mechanizing machine-gun and stretcher units. The conflict brought an enormous upsurge in the use of motorcycles in Europe and America. This comprehensive new book covers the lively history of the machines, highlighting the roles of military ......

No other combatant nation employed motorcycles and bicycles on the scale produced by the Third Reich. During Nazi Germanys campaigns, first of invasion, then of retreat that followed, motorcycles and bicycles served a variety of functions: couriers, reconnaissance, medical evacuation, assault shock troops taking the brunt of battle - even as ......

Perhaps the most far-reaching of the many changes wrought on the military by the First World War was the mechanisation of the armed services. After many centuries of use by the Army for patrols and communications, the trusty horse was finally supplanted by the newfangled motorcycle. This process of mechanisation gathered pace during the ......

A Visual History in Vintage Photos and Restored Examples, Part 1 The Germans developed and used the motorcycle as an instrument of offensive warfare, perhaps more than any other nation in WWII. The major tasks of these units were mopping-up for the following troops and employment as an advance guard, surprise raid-like attacks against an ......