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World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics
Engelsk Paperback
World War II Winter and Mountain Warfare Tactics
Engelsk Paperback

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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.

The twentieth century saw an unprecedented emphasis on fighting in all terrains, seasons and weather conditions. Such conditions made even basic survival difficult as subzero temperatures caused weapons to jam, engines to seize up and soldiers to suffer frostbite, snow blindness and hypothermia. The conditions often favoured small groups of mobile, lightly armed soldiers, rather than the armoured forces or air power that dominated other combat environments.

Some European armies developed small numbers of specialist alpine troops before and during World War I, but these proved to be insufficient as nearly all the major combatants of World War II found themselves fighting for extended periods in extremely hostile cold-weather and/or alpine environments.

Drawing upon manuals, memoirs and unit histories and illustrated with period tactical diagrams and specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this study sheds new light on the winter-warfare tactics and techniques of the US, British, German, Soviet and Finnish armies of World War II.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
64
ISBN-13:
9781849087124
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1849087121
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
20 apr 2013
Længde:
5mm
Bredde:
186mm
Højde:
249mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
20 apr 2013
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge