Bruce I. Gudmundsson
Författare till Stormtroop Tactics: Innovation in the German Army, 1914-1918
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Bruce I. Gudmundsson is a military historian who studies the way that modern armies adapt to radical change in their operating environments. He divides his time between historical research and assisting present-day military organizations with their own attempts to innovate
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Gudmundsson, Bruce Ivar
- Födelsedag
- 1959-03-05
- Kön
- male
- Utbildning
- Oxford University (Wolfson College) (DPhil|History)
- Yrken
- historian
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- 5
- Även av
- 14
- Medlemmar
- 226
- Popularitet
- #99,470
- Betyg
- 4.4
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- 8
- ISBN
- 13
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- 1
As author clearly shows concepts of fast hitting specialized infantry squads was something that would eventually develop on the German side even without dedicated specialized and experimental units (which is proved by evolution of Jaeger and specific infantry regiments and divisions that did not have much contact with Rohr Batallion).
Using examples from Western and Eastern front author paints a very vivid picture of transformation of tightly boxed infantry with repeating rifles advancing and firing in columns, into squads armed with automatic weapons, machine guns, hand grenades and flamethrowers, and exceptional development of artillery and its use - which will culminate in one way with introduction of new battle machine, tank, machine that will define and play a very important role in next war.
Again it is visible that none of the above would be possible with small armies - by relying on small armies none of the warring parties would be able to develop in any meaningful way. This dream that persists 'til current days grew from nauseating feeling of mass slaughter in WW1 but proved faulty in both WW2 and in any real (non-counter-insurgency) conflict, from Africa to Asia and Europe.
Book is full of information and is a slight counterbalance to "Command or Control". It does not take much of a critical view of UK troops training and management and is more oriented towards going over every historical point related to Stormtrooper development. it is not as detailed account as "Command or Control" but again accent here is on development of land combat, specific to infantry, and not in going into detail into the nature of command and training of Germany and Allied troops or development of other arms.
Recommended.… (mer)