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Author : H. G. Gee
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mines (Military explosives)
ISBN : 9781576380406
Author : Jonathan Fennell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139496025
Military professionals and theorists have long understood the relevance of morale in war. Montgomery, the victor at El Alamein, said, following the battle, that 'the more fighting I see, the more I am convinced that the big thing in war is morale'. Jonathan Fennell, in examining the North African campaign through the lens of morale, challenges conventional explanations for Allied success in one of the most important and controversial campaigns in British and Commonwealth history. He introduces new sources, notably censorship summaries of soldiers' mail, and an innovative methodology that assesses troop morale not only on the evidence of personal observations and official reports but also on contemporaneously recorded rates of psychological breakdown, sickness, desertion and surrender. He shows for the first time that a major morale crisis and stunning recovery decisively affected Eighth Army's performance during the critical battles on the Gazala and El Alamein lines in 1942.
Author : David French
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191608261
This is the first serious analysis of the combat capability of the British army in the Second World War. It sweeps away the myth that the army suffered from poor morale, and that it only won its battles thorugh the use of 'brute force' and by reverting to the techniques of the First World War. David French analyses the place of the army in British strategy in the interwar period and during the Second World War. He shows that after 1918 the General Staff tried hard to learn the lessons of the First World War, enthusiastically embracing technology as the best way of minimizing future casualties. In the first half of the Second World War the army did suffer from manifold weaknesses, not just in the form of shortages of equipment, but also in the way in which it applied its doctrine. Few soldiers were actively eager to close with the enemy, but the morale of the army never collapsed and its combat capability steadily improved from 1942 onwards. Professor French assesses Montgomery's contributions to the war effort and concludes that most important were his willingness to impose a uniform understanding of doctrine on his subordinates, and to use mechanized firepower in ways quite different from Haig in the First World War.
Author : Steve Zaloga
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811704243
• Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II • Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger • Author is a world-renowned expert on the Sherman tank and American armor Some tank crews referred to the American M4 Sherman tank as a "death trap." Others, like Gen. George Patton, believed that the Sherman helped win World War II. So which was it: death trap or war winner? Armor expert Steven Zaloga answers that question by recounting the Sherman's combat history. Focusing on Northwest Europe (but also including a chapter on the Pacific), Zaloga follows the Sherman into action on D-Day, among the Normandy hedgerows, during Patton's race across France, in the great tank battle at Arracourt in September 1944, at the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine, and in the Ruhr pocket in 1945.
Author : Louise A. Arnold-Friend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210023606435
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472832306
In the summer of 1944, across the battlefields of Normandy, US tanks were confronted with a dangerous challenge: the mobile and deadly Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck anti-tank weapons wielded by the German infantry. Having only occasionally encountered such weaponry before, the US tankers were ill-equipped to defend against this kind of attack, and the threat only increased as the summer wore on. This Duel title follows the technological battle for dominance that ensued, as the US Army devised new ways to defend against the threat posed by the German shaped-charge projectiles. From the addition of sandbags and spare tracks to individual tanks made by anxious crews on the ground to the large-scale programmes put together by the US armies, the book explores the implementation and effectiveness of the various tactics employed by the tank crews, as well as the technology behind the anti-tank weapons wielded by their German adversaries. Drawing on first-hand accounts from the men on the ground, this illustrated title examines the evolving trial of strength between US armour and innovative German anti-tank weaponry in the climactic months of World War II in Europe.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : PSU:000006140762
Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112117069
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007906
Two of World War II's most distinctive weapons, the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck offered German and other infantrymen the ability to destroy enemy tanks singlehandedly at close ranges. While the Panzerschreck owed its origins largely to the US bazooka, the Panzerfaust was a revolutionary design that was unlike any previous weapon, and went on to influence anti-tank technology and tactics for decades after World War II. Allied troops, notably Soviet forces, made widespread use of captured Panzerfäuste, and they were also supplied to German allies such as Finland, Hungary and Bulgaria. Written by an expert on anti-tank warfare, this book reveals the fascinating development history of these two feared weapons and assesses the tactics that were employed by the soldiers using them.
Author : John Stone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134432974
In The Tank Debate, John Stone highlights the equivocal position that armour has traditionally occupied in Anglo-American thought, and explains why - despite frequent predictions to the contrary - the tank has remained an important instrument of war. This book provides a timely and provocative study of the tank's developmental history, against the changing background of Anglo-American military thought.
Author : Paul Addison,Harriet Jones
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405141406
A Companion to Contemporary Britain covers the key themesand debates of 20th-century history from the outbreak of the SecondWorld War to the end of the century. Assesses the impact of the Second World War Looks at Britain’s role in the wider world, including thelegacy of Empire, Britain’s ‘specialrelationship’ with the United States, and integration withcontinental Europe Explores cultural issues, such as class consciousness,immigration and race relations, changing gender roles, and theimpact of the mass media Covers domestic politics and the economy Introduces the varied perspectives dominating historicalwriting on this period Identifies the key issues which are likely to fuel futuredebate
Author : baron de Saint-Pardoux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89097579650
In 1833 Portugal began a civil war between two rival branches of the royal household. This is an account of the campaign and battles fought to resolve the crown of Portugal.
Author : Carl Regenspursky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89097579668
This is an account of the invasion of Bulgaria by Serbia in 1885 and the battle of Slivnitsa.
Author : Christopher Richard Gabel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UCR:31210023606401
In the seventy years that have passed since the tank first appeared, antitank combat has presented one of the greatest challenges in land warfare. Dramatic improvements in tank technology and doctrine over the years have precipitated equally innovative developments in the antitank field. One cycle in this ongoing arms race occurred during the early years of World War II when the U.S. Army sought desperately to find an antidote to the vaunted German blitzkrieg. This Leavenworth Paper analyzes the origins of the tank destroyer concept, evaluates the doctrine and equipment with which tank destroyer units fought, and assesses the effectiveness of the tank destroyer in battle.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PURD:32754063664357
