Paddy Griffith: World War II Desert Tactics

Cover: 9781846032905 | World War II Desert Tactics | Paddy Griffith | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human, logistical, mechanical and tactical - of the desert environment, most significantly a terrain empty of resources and offering little chance of concealment. Paddy Griffith traces the fast-learning development of armor, artillery and infantry tactics in this exceptional situation and illustrates it using references to the major engagements in the North African theater, which involved some of the greatest tacticians of World War II in one of the pivotal arenas.

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Paddy Griffith

Zusammenfassung

A fascinating insight into the dangers and difficulties of operating within the desert terrain and the competitive race to perfect fighting doctrines by Rommel, Montgomery and Patton, in World War II's "best tank country".

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
LESSONS OF OPERATION 'CRUSADER', WINTER 1941/2
LESSONS OF GAZALA, SPRING 1942
LESSONS OF FIRST ALAMEIN: successes of British artillery, minefields and infantry night attacks - failure of German high-risk tank tactics
MONTGOMERY: successes of Alam el Halfa and Second Alamein - new equipment and strength
TUNISIA: ARRIVAL OF US ARMY: early failures, tactical lessons and later successes - failure of German Tiger tanks

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781846032905
ISBN-10:	1846032903
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Griffith, Paddy
Illustrator:	Hook, Adam
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	248 x 183 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Paddy Griffith
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.04.2008
Gewicht:	0,213 kg