Achtung-Panzer! The Development of Tank Warfare

Name: Achtung-Panzer! The Development of Tank Warfare
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ISBN: 9780304352852

ISBN-10: 0304352853

ISBN-13: 9780304352852

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Heinz Guderian

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This is the first English translation of the strategic study of tank warfare by one of its leading exponents. He uses skilled commentary to explain his original aims and discusses how his theories were altered by practical events.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cassell Guides
Publication date: 4/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Editors' Introduction


Preface



Introduction


1914. How did Positional Warfare Come About?



Lances against Machine-Guns



The March of the Infantry to the Sacrificial Altar



Trench Warfare and Barbed Wire


Waging War with Inadequate Weaponry



The Artillery Combat



Gas Warfare


The Genesis of the Tank



In Britain



In France



First Deployments, Mistakes and Misgivings



Mass Production


The Birth of a New Weapon



Cambrai



1918. The German Spring Offensive. Soissons and Amiens



The End of the War. The War in the Air. Tank Warfare. Chemical Warfare. U-Boat Warfare


The Versailles Diktat


Post-War Developments Abroad



Technical Developments



Tactical Developments



Anti-Tank Defence


The German Mechanized Forces



The Era of the Dummy Tanks. Military Sovereignty



Armoured and Motorized Reconnaissance



Anti-Tank Detachments



Tank Forces



Motorized Infantry


Life in the Panzer Forces


The Tactics of the Panzer Forces and their Co-operation with the Other Arms



The Tactics of the Panzer Forces



The Tank Action at Villers-Bretonneux



The Tank Action at Niergnies-Seranvillers



The Co-operation of Tanks with the other Arms


Warfare at the Present Day



The Defensive



The Offensive



Aircraft and Tanks



Questions of Supply and Transport



The Most Recent Experience of War


Conclusion


Bibliography


Editors' Acknowledgments


Index