Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World WarThe noted military historian John Ellis argues in this masterly study that the Allies triuphed not because of superior leadership, strategy, or tacctics-butt solely on account of their endless industrial capacity. |
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Page 244
... tactics . The effectiveness of their tanks was especially vitiated , on both the technological and the tactical level . On the former , one regiment found that if the 2pdr tank guns were sighted according to the Tank Gunnery textbook ...
... tactics . The effectiveness of their tanks was especially vitiated , on both the technological and the tactical level . On the former , one regiment found that if the 2pdr tank guns were sighted according to the Tank Gunnery textbook ...
Page 490
... tactical direction of this battle was remarkably crude , the air commanders relying on a straight thrust , with ... tactics were simply not adequate now that all American ships were fitted with serviceable radar , and could thus locate ...
... tactical direction of this battle was remarkably crude , the air commanders relying on a straight thrust , with ... tactics were simply not adequate now that all American ships were fitted with serviceable radar , and could thus locate ...
Page 611
... tactical inferiority vis - à - vis Germans 532-3 Alexandria 239 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 258 Algeria 293 Algiers 293 , 296 Aliakmon 235 Allied armed forces ; lack of competence xiii , xiv - xv , 30 , 438 ; material preponderance xiii - xiv ...
... tactical inferiority vis - à - vis Germans 532-3 Alexandria 239 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 258 Algeria 293 Algiers 293 , 296 Aliakmon 235 Allied armed forces ; lack of competence xiii , xiv - xv , 30 , 438 ; material preponderance xiii - xiv ...
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The Last European War Poland France | 1 |
PART | 35 |
July 1943 May 1945 | 101 |
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