World War Ii Infantry Assault Tactics

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472852755

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World War II Infantry Tactics by Stephen Bull Pdf

Despite all technological advances, final mastery of any battlefield depends upon the tight-knit group of footsoldiers trained to manoeuvre, shoot and dig in. This first of a two-part study examines the methods by which the Western infantry of World War II - the German, British and US armies - actually brought their firepower to bear. Drawing upon period training manuals for the evolving theory, and on personal memoirs for the individual practice, this first book covers the organization and tactics of the squad of ten or a dozen men, and the platoon of three or four squads. The text is illustrated with contemporary photographs and diagrams, and with colour plates bringing to life the movement of soldiers on the battlefield.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1846031915

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World War II Infantry Assault Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Osprey's examination of assault tactics used by the infantry during World War II (1939-1945). Just about every war movie - famously, Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers - includes dramatic scenes of soldiers trying to attack an enemy pillbox or trench. Continuing the series explaining World War II tactics, Gordon L Rottman (who became expert in these tactics during the Vietnam War) explains and illustrates the kit and techniques used in assaulting fortifications. He covers the differences in US, British, German, Soviet and Japanese approaches and experiences, concentrating on small units of foot soldiers with hand-carried equipment. The weapons used included the purpose-made and the improvized: assault charges of various shapes, sizes and characteristics, flamethrowers, grenades and bazookas. Their tactical deployment is analyzed and explained in detail, with the support of color artwork, maps, diagrams and photographs.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007753

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World War II Glider Assault Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider assault infantry were the forerunners of today's helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, several nations developed troop-carrying gliders capable of getting a whole squad or more of infantry, with heavy weapons, onto the ground quickly, with the equipment that paratroopers simply could not carry. They made up at least one-third of the strength of US, British, and German airborne divisions in major battles, and they also carried out several daring coup de main raids and spearhead operations. However, the dangers were extreme, the techniques were difficult, the losses were heavy (particularly during night operations), and the day of the glider assault was relatively brief. This book explains the development and organization of glider troops, their mounts, and the air squadrons formed to tow them, the steep and costly learning-curve and the tactics that such troops learned to employ once they arrived on the battlefield.

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846037757

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World War II Street-Fighting Tactics by Stephen Bull Pdf

In a continuation of the tactics mini-series, this book analyzes the physical tactics of the close-quarter fighting that took place in ruined cities during World War II. Street-to-street fighting in cities was not a new development, but the bombed-out shells of cities and advances in weaponry meant that World War II took such strategies to a new level of savagery and violence. Packed with eye-witness accounts, tutorials from original training manuals, maps, and full-colour artwork, this is an eye-opening insight into the tactics and experiences of infantry fighting their way through ruined cities in the face of heavy casualty rates and vicious resistance.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472805188

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World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The battlefield interaction between infantry and tanks was central to combat on most fronts in World War II. The first 'Blitzkrieg' campaigns saw the tank achieve a new dominance. New infantry tactics and weapons – some of them desperately dangerous – had to be adopted, while the armies raced to develop more powerful anti-tank guns and new light weapons. By 1945, a new generation of revolutionary shoulder-fired AT weapons was in widespread use. This book explains in detail the shifting patterns of anti-tank combat, illustrated with photographs, diagrams and colour plates showing how weapons were actually employed on the battlefield.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780960838

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World War II US Armored Infantry Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important. There were a total of 57 armored infantry battalions and two regiments that served throughout the war and in all theaters. Equipped with halftracks, they fought as part of combined arms teams and combat commands alongside tanks, tank destroyers and artillery battalions. Significantly, they were not simply standard infantry battalions provided with halftracks. Their company and platoon organization was very different from the standard infantry unit and these highly mobile, heavily armed battalions fought in an entirely different manner. Using period training manuals and combat reports this book provides an exclusive look at the unique tactics developed by US armored infantry units including movement formations and battle drills.

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472852779

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World War II Infantry Tactics by Stephen Bull Pdf

Despite all technological advances, final mastery of any battlefield depends upon the tight-knit group of footsoldiers trained to manoeuvre, shoot and dig in. This first of a two-part study examines the methods by which the Western infantry of World War II - the German, British and US armies - actually brought their firepower to bear. Drawing upon period training manuals for the evolving theory, and on personal memoirs for the individual practice, this first book covers the organization and tactics of the squad of ten or a dozen men, and the platoon of three or four squads. The text is illustrated with contemporary photographs and diagrams, and with colour plates bringing to life the movement of soldiers on the battlefield.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782000587

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US World War II Amphibious Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and by the time of the D-day landings they had perfected the special equipment and tactics necessary for this extraordinarily difficult and risky form of warfare. This fact-packed study details the doctrine, equipment and tactics that evolved between the North African landings of November 1942 and those in the South of France in August 1944, and illustrates many aspects of the physical realities of assault landings through the use of photos, diagrams and color plates.

Author : Infantry School (U.S.)
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Infantry drill and tactics
ISBN : 9781428916913

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Infantry in Battle by Infantry School (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1841769533

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World War II Airborne Warfare Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Osprey's study of air battle tactics of World War II (1939-1945). The delivery of entire divisions to battlefields behind enemy lines by parachute and glider played a significant part in the European campaigns of World War II. Despite notable successes, the costs and difficulties of this wholly new form of warfare have prevented airborne operations on a comparable scale since 1945. This book - by an airborne veteran of a later generation - explains in detail their advantages and drawbacks, developing techniques and equipment, with reference to specific German, US, British, Soviet and Japanese operations. The text is illustrated with period photographs, colour artwork and operation maps.

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472805270

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World War II Jungle Warfare Tactics by Stephen Bull Pdf

This book describes and illustrates, in fascinating detail, the slow and painful learning curve followed by the Allies in the mid-war years as they attempted to end the Japanese stranglehold on Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Based on the actual wartime training documents and front-line memoirs, it shows how the British, Australian and US armies transformed their tactics, attitudes and equipment to master the art of jungle warfare. In 1944-45 the Allies finally conquered the jungle environment, exploiting their new strengths and their enemy's weaknesses, to win crushing victories in Burma and on the Pacific islands.

Author : Robert A. Doughty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112003275200

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The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76 by Robert A. Doughty Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472801623

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World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Following Churchill's directive to 'set occupied Europe ablaze,' the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great peril, these brave agents were armed with a wide variety of devices to help them achieve their objectives, including numerous pieces of sabotage equipment and cunning booby traps. This book examines these different pieces of equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, as well as discussing the specialist equipment developed by Special Forces units, including the SAS Lewes Bomb. Touching on some of the stranger developments, such as explosives disguised as lumps of coal, the author goes on to describe the German clearance techniques that were developed to avoid these dangers. Complete with specially commissioned artwork and period diagrams together with detailed descriptions of the dangerous missions of Allied agents, this book is a fascinating insight into the secret war behind enemy lines.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782007746

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World War II Glider Assault Tactics by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider assault infantry were the forerunners of today's helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, several nations developed troop-carrying gliders capable of getting a whole squad or more of infantry, with heavy weapons, onto the ground quickly, with the equipment that paratroopers simply could not carry. They made up at least one-third of the strength of US, British, and German airborne divisions in major battles, and they also carried out several daring coup de main raids and spearhead operations. However, the dangers were extreme, the techniques were difficult, the losses were heavy (particularly during night operations), and the day of the glider assault was relatively brief. This book explains the development and organization of glider troops, their mounts, and the air squadrons formed to tow them, the steep and costly learning-curve and the tactics that such troops learned to employ once they arrived on the battlefield.

Author : Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Armies
ISBN : 9781428915831

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Toward Combined Arms Warfare by Jonathan Mallory House Pdf