Author: Barrie Pitt
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780708820797
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The Crucible of War
Author: Barrie Pitt
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780708820797
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780708820797
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Military Review
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ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Review of Current Military Literature
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Germany and the Second World War
Author: Gerhard Schreiber
Publisher: Germany and the Second World W
ISBN: 0198228848
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Explores the conduct of the war in the Mediterranean region and examines the dramatic military events of this period
Publisher: Germany and the Second World W
ISBN: 0198228848
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Explores the conduct of the war in the Mediterranean region and examines the dramatic military events of this period
The Crucible of War: Western Desert, 1941
Author: Barrie Pitt
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Professional Journal of the United States Army
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The German War Machine in World War II
Author: David T. Zabecki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview of the German war machine that overran much of Europe during World War II, with close to 300 entries on a variety of topics and a number of key primary source documents. This book provides everything the reader needs to know about the German war machine that developed into the potent armed force under Adolf Hitler. This expansive encyclopedia covers the period of the German Third Reich, from January 1933 to the end of World War II in Europe, in May 1945. Dozens of entries on key battles and military campaigns, military and political leaders, military and intelligence organizations, and social and political topics that shaped German military conduct during World War II are followed by an illuminating epilogue that outlines why Germany lost World War II. A documents section includes more than a dozen fascinating primary sources on such significant events as the Tripartite Pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan; the Battle of Stalingrad; the Normandy Invasion; the Ardennes Offensive; and Germany's surrender. In addition, six appendices provide detailed information on a variety of topics such as German aces, military commanders, and military medals and decorations. The book ends with a chronology and a bibliography of print resources.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
This invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview of the German war machine that overran much of Europe during World War II, with close to 300 entries on a variety of topics and a number of key primary source documents. This book provides everything the reader needs to know about the German war machine that developed into the potent armed force under Adolf Hitler. This expansive encyclopedia covers the period of the German Third Reich, from January 1933 to the end of World War II in Europe, in May 1945. Dozens of entries on key battles and military campaigns, military and political leaders, military and intelligence organizations, and social and political topics that shaped German military conduct during World War II are followed by an illuminating epilogue that outlines why Germany lost World War II. A documents section includes more than a dozen fascinating primary sources on such significant events as the Tripartite Pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan; the Battle of Stalingrad; the Normandy Invasion; the Ardennes Offensive; and Germany's surrender. In addition, six appendices provide detailed information on a variety of topics such as German aces, military commanders, and military medals and decorations. The book ends with a chronology and a bibliography of print resources.
Beda Fomm: An Operational Analysis [Illustrated Edition]
Author: Major James G. Bierwirth
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Includes the War in North Africa Illustration Pack - 112 photos/illustrations and 21 maps. This study analyzes the Army’s doctrinal definition of the battlefield framework through examination of British operations against the Italians in North Africa during the period, June 1940 through February 1941. This example illustrates how commanders can consider the battlefield framework in organizing combat power. The study examines how commanders at the tactical and operational levels of war use the concepts of area of operations, battle space, and battlefield organization. This study also shows why tactical and operational commanders must consider each other’s battlefield framework. It shows how actions in one commander’s framework affects the other’s. This study analyzes, through the battlefield framework, General Wavell’s actions as the operational commander and their effects on the tactical commander, Lieutenant General O’Connor. Additionally, the study analyzes Lieutenant General O’Connor’s battlefield framework and how actions at the tactical level created opportunities for the operational commander.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782894357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Includes the War in North Africa Illustration Pack - 112 photos/illustrations and 21 maps. This study analyzes the Army’s doctrinal definition of the battlefield framework through examination of British operations against the Italians in North Africa during the period, June 1940 through February 1941. This example illustrates how commanders can consider the battlefield framework in organizing combat power. The study examines how commanders at the tactical and operational levels of war use the concepts of area of operations, battle space, and battlefield organization. This study also shows why tactical and operational commanders must consider each other’s battlefield framework. It shows how actions in one commander’s framework affects the other’s. This study analyzes, through the battlefield framework, General Wavell’s actions as the operational commander and their effects on the tactical commander, Lieutenant General O’Connor. Additionally, the study analyzes Lieutenant General O’Connor’s battlefield framework and how actions at the tactical level created opportunities for the operational commander.
Alamein
Author: Jon Latimer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674010161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
It also changed the way the British Army fought, using concentrated artillery on a scale not seen since 1918 to break through Axis defences built in depth."--BOOK JACKET.
The Battle for the Mediterranean
Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398808377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"This book provides a strategic overview of the war that is interweaved with fascinating personal accounts, its campaigns and battles." - Professor Geoffrey Roberts. If the Second World War was Hitler's war, the vast military conflict that engulfed the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945 was Mussolini's. In this exciting and illuminating account, Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the major campaigns across the whole Mediterranean, from the struggle for control of the Suez Canal to the Allied landings in the French Riviera in the summer of 1944. Includes: • Battle for Crete •The Desert Air War • Second Battle of El Alamein • Operation Crusader • Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) The actions of famous generals are introduced, including Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton, and how their strategic offensives pushed back Axis forces. Augmented by fascinating photographs and forwarded by Professor Geoffrey Roberts, The Battle for the Mediterranean tells the story of an all-encompassing conflict, by land, air and sea.
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398808377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"This book provides a strategic overview of the war that is interweaved with fascinating personal accounts, its campaigns and battles." - Professor Geoffrey Roberts. If the Second World War was Hitler's war, the vast military conflict that engulfed the Mediterranean between 1940 and 1945 was Mussolini's. In this exciting and illuminating account, Anthony Tucker-Jones explores the major campaigns across the whole Mediterranean, from the struggle for control of the Suez Canal to the Allied landings in the French Riviera in the summer of 1944. Includes: • Battle for Crete •The Desert Air War • Second Battle of El Alamein • Operation Crusader • Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) The actions of famous generals are introduced, including Erwin Rommel, Bernard Montgomery and George S. Patton, and how their strategic offensives pushed back Axis forces. Augmented by fascinating photographs and forwarded by Professor Geoffrey Roberts, The Battle for the Mediterranean tells the story of an all-encompassing conflict, by land, air and sea.