Stephen Bull

World War II Infantry Tactics (eBook, ePUB)

Company and Battalion
Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

World War II is often seen as a confrontation of technology - tanks and aircraft, artillery and engineering. But at the heart of the battlefield was the struggle between infantrymen, and the technology was there to enable them to capture ground or hold it. This second of two books on the organization and tactics of the German, US and British infantry in Europe focuses on national differences in the development of company and battalion tactics - including those of motorized units - and the confrontation and co-operation between infantry and tanks. Contemporary photos and diagrams and vivid colour plates illustrate what tactical theories actually meant on the ground at human scale.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472852809
• Artikelnr.: 61772291

Autorenporträt

Dr Stephen Bull worked for the National Army Museum and BBC in London before taking up his current post as Curator of Military History and Archaeology with Lancashire Museums. A consultant to the University of Oxford he is also a Member of the Institute for Archaeologists, and has made TV appearances that include the series Battlefield Detectives, news and archaeology features. Published on both sides of the Atlantic and in several languages, he is the author of a number of works for Osprey including titles on tactics in World War II. Dr Bull has been one of the key contributors to the accompanying television series screened in the United Kingdom and North America.

Inhaltsangabe

The battalion and its support weapons
what jobs were they supposed to do? · Differences in organisation
US, British, German · Changes between 1939 and 1945
new weapons, new scales of issue, new tactics · Infantry co
operation with other arms
artillery and tank support
aircraft · Command and control