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Stormtroop tactics is required reading for professional military officers, military historians, and enthusiasts. Innovation in the german army, 19141918 9780275954017. Bruce gudmundsson, stormtroop tactics innovation in the german. How german captain willy rohr changed infantry tactics, weapons and. Bruce gudmundsson speaks to cdis dan grazier about military history. Gudmundsson, stormtroop tactics, innovation in the german army, 19141918 new york. His books on this subject include stormtroop tactics, on artillery, on armor, and with john english the second. Gudmundsson has examined the role of relatively junior officers in the development. Learning in the british and german armies during the great war. Innovation in the german army, 19141918, german history, volume 9, issue 3, july 1991. Pdf a case study in horizontal military innovation. German tactics in the michael offensive march 1918 a thesis presented to the faculty of the u. Describing the radical transformation in german infantry tactics. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription.
Gudmundsson s stormtroop tactics covers the story of the increasing decentralization in german infantry tactics that resulted in the 8man squad, rather than the 250man company, becoming the basic tactical unit on the battlefield. The german army, 19161918 using the german army from 1916 to 1918 as a case study, this article demonstrates a. Bruce gudmundsson has written a useful book on the development of tactics in the german army in world war i, with the emphasis on the evolution of stormtroop tactics. Pdf using the german army from 1916 to 1918 as a case study, this article. Zabeckis steel wind, on the other hand, examines the increasing. Excerpt in the spring of 1940, the defenses of the kingdom of belgium, and with belgium, the northern flank of france, depended almost entirely upon a belt of ultramodern concrete fortresses along the border that belgium shared with. Stormtroop tactics is recommended reading for all military professionalsinfantry magazine.
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