The Path To Blitzkrieg
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The Path To Blitzkrieg
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Author : Robert M. Citino
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2007-12-26
The Path To Blitzkrieg written by Robert M. Citino and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-26 with History categories.
Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II Complements the stories of panzer aces like Otto Carius and Michael Wittmann In the wake of World War I, the German army lay in ruins--defeated in the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of Versailles. A mere twenty years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military machines in the world, capable of launching a stunning blitzkrieg attack against Poland in 1939. Well-known military historian Robert M. Citino shows how Germany accomplished this astonishing reversal and developed the doctrine, tactics, and technologies that its military would use to devastating effect in World War II.
The Path To Blitzkrieg
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Author : Robert Michael Citino
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 1999
The Path To Blitzkrieg written by Robert Michael Citino and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
Deals with the military activities of the German Reichswehr in the interwar period. Traces the path by which the army not only managed to survive, but to lay the groundwork for its rebirth by preparing a veritable military revolution. Tells how the army reassessed its methods of making war, developed a new doctrine stressing the war of movement, and devised a realistic operation doctrine for tanks and other mechanized vehicles. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Origins Of The Blitzkrieg
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Author : Shay Thomas
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Origins Of The Blitzkrieg written by Shay Thomas and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
Essay from the year 2013 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Ages of World Wars, grade: A, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Memorial University of Newfoundland), language: English, abstract: The Origins of the Blitzkrieg is a brief examination of the evolution of strategy and tactics that paved the way to one of the most successful styled campaigns in warfare. Popularly employed to devastating success in the Second World War, Blitzkrieg's history simply did not begin from the thinkers of the interwar period, its origins stem even further back. An extremely likely outcome during an era when both sides of the conflict struggled initially to make sense of new advanced weapons of war. This paper not only briefly examines the struggle of the Central Powers and Allies in trying to reconcile the many stalemates of the war, but also outlining coupled with analysis of the very foundations of what would later be pieced together in its totality as lightning war.
The Roots Of Blitzkrieg
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Author : James S. Corum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Roots Of Blitzkrieg written by James S. Corum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Following Germany's defeat in World War I, the Germans signed the Versailles Treaty, theoretically agreeing to limit their war powers. The Allies envisioned the future German army as a lightly armed border guard and international security force. The Germans had other plans.
On The German Art Of War
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Author : Bruce Condell
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2001
On The German Art Of War written by Bruce Condell and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Command of troops categories.
"Indispensable."--Prof. Robert Citino, author of The Path to Blitzkrieg "The most influential doctrinal manual ever written."--Prof. Williamson Murray, author of A War to Be Won: *Highly readable translation of the military manual that guided the German Army in World War II*Crystal-clear introduction and notes place the text in its social and military context*Topics include command, attack, defense, tanks, chemical warfare, logistics, and more: Truppenfhrung ("unit command") served as the basic manual for the German Army from 1934 until the end of World War II, creating the doctrinal framework for blitzkrieg and the early victories of Hitler's armies. All commissioned and senior noncommissioned officers received a copy of the book, which set forth guidelines to be applied to complex and constantly changing battle conditions. Reading it is essential to understanding how the German Army fought the war.
Blitzkrieg To Desert Storm
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Author : Robert M. Citino
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2022-05-25
Blitzkrieg To Desert Storm written by Robert M. Citino and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-25 with History categories.
When Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it forever changed the way the world waged war. Although the Wehrmacht ultimately succumbed to superior Allied firepower in a two-front war, its stunning operational achievement left a lasting impression on military commanders throughout the world, even if their own operations were rarely executed as effectively. Robert Citino analyzes military campaigns from the second half of the twentieth century to further demonstrate the difficulty of achieving decisive results at the operational level. Offering detailed operational analyses of actual campaigns, Citino describes how UN forces in Korea enjoyed technological and air superiority but found the enemy unbeatable; provides analyses of Israeli operational victories in successive wars until the Arab states finally grasped the realities of operational-level warfare in 1973; and tells how the Vietnam debacle continued to shape U.S. doctrine in surprising ways. Looking beyond major-power conflicts, he also reveals the lessons of India’s blitzkrieg-like drive into Pakistan in 1971 and of the senseless bloodletting of the Iran-Iraq War. Citino especially considers the evolution of U.S. doctrine and assesses the success of Desert Storm in dismantling an entrenched defending force with virtually no friendly casualties. He also provides one of the first scholarly analyses of Operation Iraqi Freedom, showing that its plan was curiously divorced from the realities of military history, grounded instead on nebulous theories about expected enemy behavior. Throughout Citino points to the importance of mobility--especially mobilized armor--in modern operational warfare and assesses the respective roles of firepower, training, doctrine, and command and control mechanisms. Brimming with new insights, Citino’s study shows why technical superiority is no guarantee of victory and why a thorough grounding in the history of past campaigns is essential to anyone who wishes to understand modern warfare. Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm provides that grounding as it addresses the future of operational-level warfare in the post–9/11 era.
Guderian
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Author : Russell Hart
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2006
Guderian written by Russell Hart and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Biographers and historians have lionized Heinz Guderian as the legendary father of the German armored force and brilliant practitioner of blitzkrieg maneuver warfare. As Russell A. Hart argues, Guderian created this legend with his own highly influential yet self-serving and distorted memoir, which remains one of the most widely read accounts of the Second World War. Unfortunately, too many of Guderian's biographers have accepted his view of his accomplishments at face value, without sufficient critical scrutiny, resulting in an undeserved hagiography. While undoubtedly a great military figure of appreciable ego and ambition and with a volatile, impetuous, and difficult personality, Guderian was determined to achieve his vision of a war-winning armored force irrespective of the consequences. He proved to be a man who was politically naive enough to fall under the sway of Hitler and National Socialism and yet arrogant enough to believe he could save Germany from inevitable defeat late in the war, despite Hitler's interference. At the same time, Guderian was unwilling either to participate in attempts to remove Hitler or to denounce as traitors the conspirators who did. In the end, he distorted the truth to establish his place in history. In the process, he denigrated the myriad important contributions of his fellow officers as he took personal credit for what were, in reality, collective accomplishments. Thus, he succeeded in creating a legend that has endured long after his death. This brief biography puts the record straight by placing Guderian's career and accomplishments into sharper and more accurate relief. It exposes the real Heinz Guderian, not the man of legend.
Storm Of Steel
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Author : Mary R. Habeck
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-30
Storm Of Steel written by Mary R. Habeck and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-30 with History categories.
In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II, Mary R. Habeck traces the strategies developed in Germany and the Soviet Union between the wars for the use of armored vehicles in battle.
Blitzkrieg
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Author : Robert Wernick
language : en
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Release Date : 1976
Blitzkrieg written by Robert Wernick and has been published by Time Life Medical this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Lightning war categories.
Hitler's armies smash Poland--Denmark and Norway fall--they take Holland and Belgium--and France collapses.
Quest For Decisive Victory
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Author : Robert M. Citino
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2002-06-17
Quest For Decisive Victory written by Robert M. Citino and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-17 with History categories.
Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-nineteenth century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry--and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry--had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the inability to achieve decisive victories in warfare had become the single greatest military problem facing modern armies. Robert Citino now tells how European military leaders analyzed and eventually overcame this problem by restoring pursuit to its rightful place in combat and resurrecting the possibility of decisive warfare on the operational level. Quest for Decisive Victory chronicles the evolution of European warfare during the first half of the twentieth century. A study of war at the operational level, it demonstrates the interplay and tension between technology and doctrine in warfare and reveals how problems surrounding mobility--including such factors as supply lines, command and control, and prewar campaign planning--forced armies to find new ways of fighting. Citino focuses on key campaigns of both major and minor conflicts. Minor wars before 1914 (Boer, Russo-Japanese, and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13) featured instructive examples of operational maneuver; the First World War witnessed the collapse of operations and the rise of attrition warfare; the Italo-Ethiopian and Spanish Civil Wars held some promise for breaking out of stalemate by incorporating such innovations as air and tank warfare. Ultimately, it was Germany's opening blitzkrieg of World War II that resurrected the decisive campaign as an operational possibility. By grafting new technologies-tanks, aircraft, and radio-onto a long tradition of maneuver warfare, the Wehrmacht won decisive victories in the first year of the war and in the process transformed modern military doctrine. Citino's study is important for shifting the focus from military theory and doctrine to detailed operational analyses of actual campaigns that formed the basis for the revival of military doctrine. Quest for Decisive Victory gives scholars of military history a better grasp of that elusive concept and a more complete understanding of modern warfare.