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Fire-power : British army weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945 / / Shelford Bidwell and Dominick Graham



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Autore: Bidwell Shelford Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fire-power : British army weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945 / / Shelford Bidwell and Dominick Graham Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Military Classics, , 2004
©2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
Disciplina: 358.10941
Soggetto topico: World War, 1914-1918 - Artillery operations, British
World War, 1939-1945 - Artillery operations, British
Strategy - History - 20th century
Tactics - History - 20th century
Persona (resp. second.): GrahamDominick
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Series""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Prologue""; ""Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904�1914""; ""1 The Artillery as an Accessory""; ""2 The Tactics of Separate Tables""; ""3 The Still and Mental Parts""; ""Book II One Great and Continuous Engagement: 1914�1918""; ""4 Prologue and Retrospect""; ""5 Many a Doubtful Battle""; ""6 Ubique""; ""7 Queen of the Battlefield?""; ""8 A Technical Knock Out""; ""Book III The Years Between the Wars: 1919�1939""
""9 The Swingletree Factor """"10 Policies, Theories and Weapons""; ""11 A Fairly New Model Army""; ""Book IV The Second Round: 1939�1945""; ""12 Blitzkrieg ""; ""13 The Sand Model""; ""14 A Cybernetic Solution � I: The Artillery on the Ground""; ""15 A Cybernetic Solution � II: The Artillery of the Air""; ""Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940�45""; ""16 Ends and Means""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Sommario/riassunto: This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.
Titolo autorizzato: Fire-power  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4738-1423-5
1-78383-491-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791028603321
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Serie: Pen & Sword military classics (Series) ; ; Number 44.