ISBN: 0304352853
Godina izdanja: 1999
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
Oblast: Vojna istorija

Heinz Guderian - Achtung Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare
Cassell, 1999
220 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro
Cassell Military Paperbacks | Translated by Christopher Duffy. Introduction and notes by Paul Harris.

A rare, enlightening account by an outstanding soldier reveals his thoughts and theories on armored warfare and motorized land battle--which he then put in action to devastating effect during World War Two. Guderian`s treatise on the importance of tank development, and on modern mechanized technology, shows exactly why the Germans dominated land warfare in the early stage of the fighting.

This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War.

Published in 1937, the result of 15 years of careful study since his days on the German General Staff in the First World War, Achtung Panzer! argues how vital the proper use of tanks and supporting armoured vehicles would be in the conduct of a future war. When that war came, just two years later, he proved it, leading his Panzers with distinction in the Polish, French and Russian campaigns. Panzer warfare had come of age, exactly as he had forecast.This first English translation of Heinz Guderian`s classic book - used as a textbook by Panzer officers in the war - has an introduction and extensive background notes by the modern English historian Paul Harris.

Editors` Introduction p. 7
Preface p. 19
Introduction p. 23
1914. How did Positional Warfare Come About? p. 26
Lances against Machine-Guns p. 27
The March of the Infantry to the Sacrificial Altar p. 33
Trench Warfare and Barbed Wire p. 36
Waging War with Inadequate Weaponry p. 39
The Artillery Combat p. 39
Gas Warfare p. 45
The Genesis of the Tank p. 48
In Britain p. 48
In France p. 53
First Deployments, Mistakes and Misgivings p. 55
Mass Production p. 72
The Birth of a New Weapon p. 74
Cambrai p. 74
1918. The German Spring Offensive. Soissons and Amiens p. 91
The End of the War. The War in the Air. Tank Warfare. Chemical Warfare. U-Boat Warfare p. 124
The Versailles Diktat p. 133
Post-War Developments Abroad p. 136
Technical Developments p. 136
Tactical Developments p. 140
Anti-Tank Defence p. 154
The German Mechanized Forces p. 160
The Era of the Dummy Tanks. Military Sovereignty p. 160
Armoured and Motorized Reconnaissance p. 163
Anti-Tank Detachments p. 165
Tank Forces p. 167
Motorized Infantry p. 171
Life in the Panzer Forces p. 174
The Tactics of the Panzer Forces and their Co-operation with the Other Arms p. 178
The Tactics of the Panzer Forces p. 178
The Tank Action at Villers-Bretonneux p. 184
The Tank Action at Niergnies-Seranvillers p. 187
The Co-operation of Tanks with the other Arms p. 188
Warfare at the Present Day p. 200
The Defensive p. 200
The Offensive p. 202
Aircraft and Tanks p. 207
Questions of Supply and Transport p. 207
The Most Recent Experience of War p. 209
Conclusion p. 212
Bibliography p. 213
Editors` Acknowledgments p. 215
Index p. 217


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