Tactical Summary Of Machine Gun Operationsno 1 October 1917 No 2 November December 1917
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Tactical Summary of MacHine Gun Operationsno 1 October 1917 No 2 November December 1917
Author | : The General Staff |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2009-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1847348491 |
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Incorporating the lessons learned in the fighting at Passchendaele in the summer and early autumn of 1917, the first part of this official tactical summary of machine gun operations for October 1917 emphasises the importance of machine gun support of infantry operations by barrages. The second part of the booklet takes in the lessons learned in the battle of Cambrai in November 1917, including dealing with harassing aircraft. Taken together, and printed in one volume by the Naval and Military Press, these two official publications give an excellent picture of how lessons learned on the battlefield are quickly absorbed into tactical doctrines. They should be of consuming interest to anyone concerned with the evolving effects of machine guns on the western front in the Great War.
The Battle for Passchendaele
Author | : Ian Finlayson |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2020-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781922387295 |
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The Battle for Passchendaele on 12 October 1917 was one of the epic struggles of the First World War. British Field Marshal Douglas Haig allocated II ANZAC Corps to capture Passchendaele village, with Major General Monash’s 3rd Australian Division and the New Zealand Division leading the attack. For both divisions the battle was a bloody debacle. Monash’s division started the battle with 5800 men and, just 24 hours later, could only muster 2600, suffering horrendous losses for a small territorial gain which was later relinquished. The New Zealand Division was trapped in front of the German wire and barely moved from its start line, suffering one of its highest casualty rates of the war. Fought in conditions which seemed to preclude any chance of success, the battle has become a metaphor for pointless sacrifice. After the battle the British and Australian leadership were unanimous in placing blame for the defeat on the all-pervasive mud. Monash, writing to his wife, believed that his plan ‘would have succeeded in normal conditions’. Yet, two weeks later, in similar weather and terrain, Lieutenant General Currie’s Canadian Corps succeeded where Monash and Godley’s II ANZAC Corps did not. The central focus of this book is a detailed analysis of the 3rd Australian Division’s plan and execution of the attack on Passchendaele. By examining the differences between the Australian and Canadian plans for the capture of Passchendaele, the author casts this iconic battle in a completely different light. It is a re-examination that is long overdue.
United States Army in the World War 1917 1919
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105211182758 |
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A seventeen-volume compilation of selected AEF records gathered by Army historians during the interwar years. This collection in no way represents an exhaustive record of the Army's months in France, but it is certainly worthy of serious consideration and thoughtful review by students of military history and strategegy and will serve as a useful jumping off point for any earnest scholarship on the war. --from Foreword by William A Stofft.
Notes on Camouflage
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Camouflage (Military science) |
ISBN | : UCAL:$B313264 |
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Biplanes and Bombsights British Bombing in World War I
Author | : George K. Williams |
Publsiher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781786250254 |
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This study measures wartime claims against actual results of the British bombing campaign against Germany in the Great War. Components of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing raids between July 1916 and the Armistice. Specifically, Number 3 Wing (RNAS), 41 Wing of Eighth Brigade (RFC), and the Independent Force (IF) bombed German targets from bases in France. Lessons supposedly gleaned from these campaigns heavily influenced British military aviation, underpinning RAF doctrine up to and into the Second World War. Fundamental discrepancies exist, however, between the official verdict and the first-hand evidence of bombing results gathered by intelligence teams of the RAF and the US Air Service. Results of the British bombing efforts were demonstrably more modest, and costs in casualties and wastage far steeper, than previously acknowledged. A preoccupation with “moral effect” came to dominate the British view of their aerial offensives. Maj Gen Hugh M. Trenchard played a pivotal role in bringing this misperception to the forefront of public consciousness. After the Armistice, the potential of strategic bombing was officially extolled to justify the RAF as an independent service. The Air Ministry’s final report must be evaluated as a partisan manifestation of this crusade and not as a definitive final assessment, as it has been mistakenly accepted previously. This study develops and substantiates a comprehensive evaluation of British long-range bombing in the First World War. Its findings run directly counter to the generally held opinion. Natural limitations, technical shortfalls, and aircrews lacking proficiency acted in concert with German defenses to produce far less results than those claimed.
Learning Lessons in the American Expeditionary Forces
Author | : Kenneth Earl Hamburger |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : UCR:31210010699955 |
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Cross Channel Attack
Author | : Gordon A. Harrison |
Publsiher | : BDD Promotional Books Company |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1993-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0792458567 |
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Discusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
American Military History Volume II
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : UOM:39015087420959 |
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From the Publisher: This latest edition of an official U.S. Government military history classic provides an authoritative historical survey of the organization and accomplishments of the United States Army. This scholarly yet readable book is designed to inculcate an awareness of our nation's military past and to demonstrate that the study of military history is an essential ingredient in leadership development. It is also an essential addition to any personal military history library.