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Author : United States. War Department. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Tactics
ISBN : UCAL:$B72433
Author : United States War Dept General
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020766247
Compiled by the Adjutant General's Office and the War Department General Staff in the summer of 1917, this collection of operational notes provides a detailed account of American military actions during the early months of the First World War. From trench warfare to aerial dogfighting, these reports offer an unparalleled view of the battlefield as seen by the officers and soldiers on the front lines. This is a must-read for anyone interested in military history or the events leading up to America's entry into the Great War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : United States United States War Dept.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530664268
Notes on Recent Operations, July, 1917 by United States War Dept.. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1917 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
Author : United States; War Dept; General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1330986520
Excerpt from Notes on Recent Operations: July, 1917 The artillery power of the English, as well as that of the French, continued to increase, as during the first month of the offensive. Each infantry attack was preceded by an efficient artillery preparation of very large and heavy caliber guns. Infantry attacks took place immediately after the artillery preparation ceased; simultaneously a large zone efficaciously covered by barrage fire on the terrain of attack prevented the bringing up of any reserves. The first attacking lines often escaped our (German) barrage fire; only our (German) infantry and machine gunners could deal with them; usually the last waves were efficaciously caught under our fire. When the enemy was able to penetrate our lines it was necessary to eject them by energetic and rapid counter attacks. The ability of the subordinate commanders who found themselves in front consisted in being able to hold their troops well in hand in order to carry out these decisive counter attacks. A delayed counter attack wasted lives and time and usually had no effect. The enemy, by renewed attacks, engaged our supports. The enemy was able to gain success because our troops were hard pressed and were not familiar with the terrain. The greatest attention should be given to the observations by periscopes in the first-line trenches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Timothy T. Lupfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : UCR:31210004670269
This paper is a case study in the wartime evolution of tactical doctrine. Besides providing a summary of German Infantry tactics of the First World War, this study offers insight into the crucial role of leadership in facilitating doctrinal change during battle. It reminds us that success in war demands extensive and vigorous training calculated to insure that field commanders understand and apply sound tactical principles as guidelines for action and not as a substitute for good judgment. It points out the need for a timely effort in collecting and evaluating doctrinal lessons from battlefield experience. --Abstract.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211182758
A seventeen-volume compilation of selected AEF records gathered by Army historians during the interwar years. This collection in no way represents an exhaustive record of the Army's months in France, but it is certainly worthy of serious consideration and thoughtful review by students of military history and strategegy and will serve as a useful jumping off point for any earnest scholarship on the war. --from Foreword by William A Stofft.
Author : G.W.L. Nicholson,Mark Osborne Humphries
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773597907
Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Author : Kenneth Earl Hamburger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210010699955
Author : Stephen C. McGeorge and Mason W. Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Albert Palazzo
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803287747
Palazzo's study is convincing in demonstrating that the British military command was not, contrary to the common belief, unwilling to adapt innovations in technology for use on the battlefield."-Virginia Quarterly Review.
Author : Ian Passingham
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483658
'Gentleman, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography.' So said General Plumer the day before 600 tons of explosives were detonated under the German position on Messines Ridge. The explosion was heard by Lloyd George in Downing Street, and as far away as Dublin. Until 1918, Messines was the only clear cut Allied victory on the Western Front, coming at a time when Britain and her allies needed it most: boosting Allied morale and shattering that of the Germans. Precisely orchestrated, Messines was the first true all-arms modern battle which brought together artillery, engineers, infantry, tanks, aircraft and administrative units from a commonwealth of nations to defeat the common enemy. So why is its name not as familiar as the Somme, Passchendaele or Verdun? This book examines the battle for the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge from the British, ANZAC and German perspectives. Illustrated with archive photographs and maps, it is a major contribution to our understanding of one of the seminal battles of the First World War.
Author : Sanders Marble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351954709
In the popular imagination, the battle fields of the Western Front were dominated by the machine gun. Yet soldiers at the time were clear that artillery - not machine guns - dictated the nature, tactics and strategy of the conflict. Only in the last months of the war when the Allies had amassed sufficient numbers of artillery and learned how to use it in an integrated and coherent manner was the stalemate broken and war ended. In this lucid and prize-winning study, the steady development of artillery, and the growing realisation of its primacy within the British Expeditionary Force is charted and analysed. Through an examination of British and Dominion forces operating on the Western Front, the book looks at how tactical and operational changes affected the overall strategy. Chapters cover the role of artillery in supporting infantry attacks, counter-battery work, artillery in defence, training and command and staff arrangements. In line with the 'learning curve' thesis, the work concludes that despite many setbacks and missed opportunities, by 1918 the Royal Artillery had developed effective and coordinated tactics to overcome the defensive advantages of trench warfare that had mired the Western Front in bloody stalemate for the previous three years.
Author : Gary Sheffield
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834668
Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military historians at work today, and this selection of his outstanding essays on the First World War is essential reading for anyone who is keen to broaden their understanding of the subject. For three decades, in a series of perceptive books and articles, he has examined the nature of this war from many angles from the point of view of the politicians and the high command through to the junior officers and other ranks in the front line. Command and Morale presents in a single volume a range of his shorter work, and it shows his scholarship at its best.Among the topics he explores is the decision-making of the senior commanders, the demands of coalition warfare, the performance of Australian forces, the organization and the performance of the army in the field, the tactics involved, the exercise of command, the importance of morale, and the wider impact of the war on British society. Every topic is approached with the same academic rigour and attention to detail which are his hallmarks and which explain why his work has been so influential. The range of his writing, the insights he offers and the sometimes controversial conclusions he reaches mean this thought provoking book will be indispensable reading for all students of the First World War and of modern warfare in general.
Author : Anthony Saunders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441116673
No army went to war in 1914 ready to conduct trench warfare operations. All the armies of the First World War discovered that prolonged trench warfare required new types of munitions alongside the conventional howitzers, large-calibre guns and explosive shells. This volume examines how the British went about inventing and manufacturing new weaponry such as hand grenades, rifle grenades and trench mortars when no body of knowledge about trench warfare munitions existed. It also examines how tactics were developed for these new munitions. Based on new research, this is the first book to discuss the complexity of invention and manufacture of novel weapons such as the Mills grenade and the Stokes mortar, and to consider the relationship between technical design and operational tactics on the ground. In so doing the book presents a different model of the trench warfare conducted by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, and also provides a blueprint to understanding the relationship between technology and tactics applicable to all types of weapons and warfare.
Author : Simon Jones
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844684700
Simon Joness graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunneling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis. He concentrates on the struggle for ascendancy by the British tunneling companies on the Western Front.But his wide-ranging study also tells the story of the little known but fascinating subterranean battles fought in the French sectors of the Western Front and between the Austrians and the Italians in the Alps which have never been described before in English. Vivid personal testimony is combined with a lucid account of the technical challenges and ever-present perils of tunneling in order to give an all-round insight into the extraordinary experience of this underground war.