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Stormtroop Tactics - Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918 (Paperback, New Ed)
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Stormtroop Tactics - Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918 (Paperback, New Ed)
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Describing the radical transformation in German Infantry tactics
that took place during World War I, this book presents the first
detailed account of the evolution of stormtroop tactics available
in English. It covers areas previously left unexplored: the German
Infantry's tactical heritage, the squad's evolution as a tactical
unit, the use of new weapons for close combat, the role of the
elite assault units in the development of new tactics, and detailed
descriptions of offensive battles that provided the inspiration and
testing ground for this new way of fighting. Both a historical
investigation and a standard of excellence in infantry tactics,
Stormtroop Tactics is required reading for professional military
officers and historians as well as enthusiasts. Contrary to
previous studies, Stormtroop Tactics proposes that the German
Infantry adaption to modern warfare was not a straightforward
process resulting from the "top down" intervention of reformers but
instead a "bottom up" phenomenon. It was an accumulation of
improvisations and ways of dealing with pressing situations that
were later sewn together to form what we now call "Blitzkrieg."
Focusing on action at the company, platoon, and squad level,
Stormtroop Tactics provides a detailed description of the evolution
of German defensive tactics during World War I--tactics that were
the direct forbears of those used in World War II.
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