Zabecki, David T., PhD.

The German 1918 Offensives

A Case Study in The Operational Level of War

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Produktbeschreibung

This study evaluates in detail the German planning and decision-making process, from November 1917 to the start of August 1918, prior to their eventual defeat in World War One.

Produktdetails

• Strategy and History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 158mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9780415558792
• ISBN-10: 0415558794
• Artikelnr.: 26608231

Autorenporträt

David T. Zabecki has been Commanding General of the U.S. Southern European Task Force (Rear) and has served as the U.S. Department of Defense Executive Director for all World War II 60th anniversary commemoration events in Europe. In 2003 he was the Senior Security Advisor on the U.S. Coordinating and Monitoring Mission in Israel. The Editor of Vietnam Magazine, he has a PhD in Military Science from the Royal Military College of Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why do we Still Bother with World War I? 2. The Operational Art 3. The
Tactical Realities of 1918 4. The Strategic Reality 5. The Operational
Decision: 11 November 1917 to 21 January 1918 6. Operations MICHAEL and
MARS 7. Operation GEORGETTE 8. Operations BLÜCHER, GOERZ, and YORCK 9.
Operations GNEISSENAU and HAMMERSCHLAG 10. Operation MARNESCHUTZ-REIMS 11.
Operations HAGEN and KURFÜRST 12. Conclusions