Dr Stephen Bull

World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics

Illustrator: Noon, Steve

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the siege of Leningrad to the Battle of the Bulge, many of the most famous and brutal battles of World War II were fought in winter conditions. This book describes and illustrates the tactics used by the men who fought one another in this uniquely demanding environment.

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Produktdetails

• Elite
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 200mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 210g
• ISBN-13: 9781849087124
• ISBN-10: 1849087121
• Artikelnr.: 35960236

Autorenporträt

Stephen Bull

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: strategic and tactical constraints of terrain and climate on military operations Pre
war background work: British Polar Institute
Indian Army
European Alpine troops
transport, sleds and skis Russo
Finnish Winter War of 1939
40: materials and experience
'motti' tactics Narvik 1940
Norwegian experience
establishment of British Commando Schools The Russian Front, 1941: Russian tactics, German inadequacies and improvisation German responses 1942
44: winter warfare and ski
troop manuals US responses: manuals 1941
44
tactical training
clothing and equipment Italy, 1943
45: mountain warfare
mule transport The West, 1944
45: British in the Netherlands
Battle of the Bulge
snow camouflage Conclusions Bibliography