Survey of German Tactics 1918
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| Autore: |
Staff U.S. Army Staff U. S
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| Titolo: |
Survey of German Tactics 1918
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| Pubblicazione: | Waipu : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (59 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.414 |
| Soggetto topico: | Strategy |
| Nota di contenuto: | Title page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART I. - A SURVEY OF GERMAN TACTICS DURING THE CAMPAIGN OF 1918. -- PART II-INFANTRY. -- I. TRAINING. -- 2. PREPARATION FOR ATTACK. -- 3. THE ATTACK. -- 4. THE BATTLE IN THE INTERMEDIATE ZONE. -- 5. STABILIZATION. -- 6. MACHINE GUNS. -- 7. SPECIAL SERVICES AND SUPPLY. -- 8. LIAISON. -- 9. ARMAMENT. -- 10. OCCUPATION OF THE SECTOR. -- 11. COUNTER ATTACKS. -- 12. RAIDS. -- 13. DEFENSE AGAINST AIRCRAFT, TANKS AND GAS. -- 14. RETREAT. -- PART III-ARTILLERY. -- 1. PREPARATION. -- 2. EMPLOYMENT OF PROJECTILES IN THE OFFENSIVE. -- 3. BARRAGES IN THE OFFENSIVE. -- 4. MOBILE ARTILLERY IN THE ATTACK. -- 5. RAIDS. -- 7. ANTI-TANK DEFENSE. -- 8. PROTECTION AGAINST COUNTER-BATTERY FIRE. -- 9. ARTILLERY AND AVIATION. -- 10. TRENCH MORTARS. -- PART IV-AVIATION. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The First World War is often represented as a stolid slugging match of opposing trench lines being pounded by massed artillery, however, the German offensives of 1918 broke through the British lines with great and dramatic success. The German High command could not hope to match the Allies for manpower which had allowed them to ruthlessly push forward at the Somme and Passchendaele or compete with the new weapon of the war - the Tank. The German generals strained every resource and innovated their tactics to break through the trench lines; the solutions are still in use today as the keys to battle success; infiltration, operational secrecy, intense but short hurricane bombardments, dedicated elite stormtroops, concentration of effort, air supremacy. The American Staff were determined to learn from their opponent's success and documented all of the tactics that had worked so well; they produced a formidable treatise of tactics and strategic insight. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Survey of German Tactics 1918 |
| ISBN: | 9781782895664 |
| 1782895663 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910163360503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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