On the German Art of War : : Truppenführung / / ed. by Bruce Condell, David T. Zabecki.

Truppenführung, the twentieth-century equivalent of Sun Tzu's Art of War, served as the basic manual for the German army from 1934 to the end of World War II. This astonishing document provided the doctrinal framework for blitzkrieg and, as a consequence, for the victories of Hitler's armi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The Art of War
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION
  • Truppenführung, Part I: 1933
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I ORDER OF BATTLE AND TASK ORGANIZATION
  • II COMMAND
  • III RECONNAISSANCE
  • IV SECURITY
  • V MARCHES
  • VI ATTACK
  • VII PURSUIT
  • VIII THE DEFENSIVE
  • IX DISENGAGEMENT AND WITHDRAWAL
  • X DELAYING ACTION
  • XI COMBAT UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS
  • XII QUARTERING
  • XIII CAVALRY
  • Truppenführung, Part II: 1934
  • XIV ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES
  • XV AIR FORCES
  • XVI AIR DEFENSE UNITS
  • XVII COMMUNICATIONS
  • XVIII CHEMICALWARFARE
  • XIX SMOKE
  • XX OBSTACLES
  • XXI ARMORED TRAINS
  • XXII TRANSPORTATION
  • XXIII LOGISTICAL SUPPORT IN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS
  • LIST OF ORIGINAL ANNEXES
  • Appendixes
  • APPENDIX A: GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISION, 1937–1938
  • APPENDIX B: NOTATIONAL GERMAN PANZER DIVISION, 1935–1937
  • APPENDIX C: GERMAN DIVISIONAL STAFF, 1937–1938
  • APPENDIX D: CONTENTS OF U.S. ARMY FM 100-5 FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS: OPERATIONS (1940)
  • APPENDIX E: GERMAN ANALYSIS OF U.S. FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS
  • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE BOOK