Artillery Warfare, 1939-1945 (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
"From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone's reference shelf." -Clash of Steel
It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies-that Soviet guns wore down German...
It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies-that Soviet guns wore down German...
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"From mountain warfare with guns on mules to V2 rockets and everything between makes it well worth a place on anyone's reference shelf." -Clash of Steel
It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies-that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the British and American artillery was a major reason for the success of Allied forces in North Africa from El Alamein, in Italy and Normandy, and played a vital role in the battles of 1944 and 1945. Yet the range of weapons used is often overlooked or taken for granted-which is why this highly illustrated history by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. They stress the importance of artillery on every front and analyze how artillery equipment, training and tactical techniques developed during the conflict.
The selection of wartime photographs-many from east European sources-and the extensive quotations from contemporary documents give a graphic impression of how the guns were used on all sides. The photographs emphasize the wide range of pieces employed as field, antiaircraft and antitank artillery without forgetting self-propelled guns, coastal and other heavyweights and the development of rockets. The authors offer a fascinating insight into the weapons that served in the artillery over seventy years ago.
"Superbly illustrated, this is testament to the courage and skills of extraordinary men in the execution of their duty. An amazing book." -Books Monthly
It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies-that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the British and American artillery was a major reason for the success of Allied forces in North Africa from El Alamein, in Italy and Normandy, and played a vital role in the battles of 1944 and 1945. Yet the range of weapons used is often overlooked or taken for granted-which is why this highly illustrated history by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. They stress the importance of artillery on every front and analyze how artillery equipment, training and tactical techniques developed during the conflict.
The selection of wartime photographs-many from east European sources-and the extensive quotations from contemporary documents give a graphic impression of how the guns were used on all sides. The photographs emphasize the wide range of pieces employed as field, antiaircraft and antitank artillery without forgetting self-propelled guns, coastal and other heavyweights and the development of rockets. The authors offer a fascinating insight into the weapons that served in the artillery over seventy years ago.
"Superbly illustrated, this is testament to the courage and skills of extraordinary men in the execution of their duty. An amazing book." -Books Monthly
Autoren-Porträt von Forty Simon Forty
Simon Forty was educated in Dorset and the north of England before reading history at London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He has been involved in publishing since the mid-1970s, first as editor and latterly as author. Son of author and RAC Tank Museum curator George Forty, he has continued in the family tradition writing mainly on historical and military subjects including books on the Napoleonic Wars and the two world wars. Recently he has produced a range of highly illustrated books on the Normandy battlefields, the Atlantic Wall and the liberation of the Low Countries with co-author Leo Marriott.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Forty Simon Forty
- 2020, 224 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- ISBN-10: 1526776790
- ISBN-13: 9781526776792
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2020
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