Infantry tactics of the Second World War / Stephen Bull & Gordon L. Rottman.

Collection type	Library
Author	Bull, Stephen, 1960-. World War II infantry tactics : company and battalion. 1960-. World War II infantry tactics : squad and platoon. 1960-; Rottman, Gordon L. World War II infantry anti-tank tactics.; Bull, Stephen, 1960-. World War II infantry tactics
Call Number	356.11409044 B935i
Document type	Monograph
Year	2008.
Pagination	224 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher	Osprey,
Note	"Previously published as Stephen Bull, Elite 105: World War II infantry tactics : squad and platoon; Stephen Bull, Elite 122: World War II infantry tactics company and battalion and Gordon L. Rottman, Elite 124: World War II infantry anti-tank tactics"--T.p. verso. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 217-218. Regardless of technological and doctrinal advances, final mastery of any battlefield ultimately depends upon the tight-knit group of soldiers trained to direct fire, move, take ground and hold it. This book examines the infantry combat methods of World War II. It draws on the training manuals of the time and first-hand accounts of frontline action and covers the organization and tactics of squad, platoon, company and battalion. It identifies the differences between German, American, British and Japanese a pproaches and demonstrates how these evolved in the face of changes in the battlefield environment. Motorized infantry tactics are also covered together with each army's responses to the continuously growing challenge and shifting patterns of anti-tank co mbat and combined operations with armor. -- Publisher description.
Place made	Oxford :

Abstract

Machine derived contents note: PART 1: SQUAD & PLATOON -- The Soldier''s Experience 8 -- Traiing -- Fieldcraft & Battlecraft 21 -- The Squad Ethos 33 -- Squad Organization & Weapons 37 -- Squad ''Tctics 49 -- Field Works 61 -- The Platoon 68 -- PART 2: COMP ANY & BATTALION -- Organization & Doctrine 84 -- Machine Gun Support 102 -- %Mortars I 11 -- Mines 116 -- Motorized Infantry 1-24 -- lank Co-operation 137 -- PART 3: ANTI-TANK TACTICS -- Infantry & Eanks 144 -- The aink Threat 148 -- Protection & Vulnerab ilities i51 -- Anti-Tank Weapons - An Overview 159 -- E voution of Anti- Tank actrics 1''4- -- Specific Weapons & Tactics 184.