Development Of Tactics - World War I [Illustrated Edition]

• Autore: Balck Lt.-Gen. Wilhelm
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 pages)
• Altri autori: BellHarry
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I. Training in Peace and Reality in War -- II. Mobile Warfare -- TRAINING AND ORGANIZATION -- TACTICS OF MOBILE WARFARE -- CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT AND ARMAMENT -- TRAINING REGULATIONS FOR FOOT TROOPS -- III. Position Warfare in the West, 1914-1917 -- ORIGIN AND NATURE OF POSITION WARFARE -- THE POSITION BATTLES UP TO THE FIRST ATTACK ON VERDUN -- LESSONS OF THE BATTLE ON THE SOMME AND THE BATTLES IN FRONT OF VERDUN IN THE LATE FALL OF 1916. -- UTILIZING THE EXPERIENCES GAINED -- THE BATTLES IN 1917 -- IV. The War in the East and in Italy -- RUSSIA -- BATTLES IN NORTHERN ITALY -- MOUNTAIN WARFARE -- V. Technique In War -- VI. The Defensive Battle in Position Warfare -- VII. German Attacks with Limited Objectives -- VIII. Machine Guns -- IX. The Infantry Attack in Open Warfare -- REQUIREMENTS -- PROCEDURE OF ATTACK -- NEAR RECONNAISSANCE -- DEPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT -- ARTILLERY OF THE ATTACK -- WORKING UP TO THE ENEMY -- THE ASSAULT -- INFLUENCE OF FOG -- FIGHTING IN WOODS -- VILLAGE FIGHTING -- X. Cavalry -- CAVALRY PRIOR TO THE WORLD WAR -- VIEWS ON CAVALRY ATTACKS -- EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY IN WAR -- RECONNAISSANCE -- SCREENING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY -- EMPLOYMENT AGAINST FLANK AND REAR -- CONNECTION BETWEEN SEPARATED PARTS OF THE ARMY IN RETREAT -- MOUNTED PARTICIPATION IN BATTLE AND AS MOBILE FOOT TROOPS -- CAVALRY DIVISIONS -- CYCLISTS -- FRENCH VIEWS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OF CAVALRY -- XI. The Artillery -- ORGANIZATION AND COMBAT PRINCIPLES -- CO-OPERATION OF INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY -- CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ARTILLERY AND AIR SERVICE -- THE DECISIVE BATTLE IN POSITION WARFARE -- THE OFFENSIVE -- XII. The Year 1918 -- TRANSITION FROM POSITION TO MOBILE WARFARE -- METHODS OF HOSTILE DEFENSE AND GERMAN OFFENSIVE -- THE SPRING OFFENSIVE -- RESUMING THE OFFENSIVE -- THE LAST DEFENSIVE BATTLE.
• Titolo autorizzato: Development Of Tactics - World War I
• ISBN: 1-78625-520-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158934603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II