Fire Power : The British Army Weapons & Theories of War 1904-1945.

By: Bidwell, DominickContributor(s): Graham, DominickMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2015Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (343 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783834914Subject(s): Great Britain. -- Army -- Artillery | Great Britain. -- Army -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain. -- Army -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century | Strategy -- History -- 20th century | Tactics -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- Artillery operations, British | World War, 1939-1945 -- Artillery operations, BritishGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fire Power : The British Army Weapons & Theories of War 1904-1945DDC classification: 355.420941 LOC classification: UA649 -- .B48 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Series -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904-1914 -- 1 The Artillery as an Accessory -- 2 The Tactics of Separate Tables -- 3 The Still and Mental Parts -- Book II One Great and Continuous Engagement: 1914-1918 -- 4 Prologue and Retrospect -- 5 Many a Doubtful Battle -- 6 Ubique -- 7 Queen of the Battlefield? -- 8 A Technical Knock Out -- Book III The Years Between the Wars: 1919-1939 -- 9 The Swingletree Factor -- 10 Policies, Theories and Weapons -- 11 A Fairly New Model Army -- Book IV The Second Round: 1939-1945 -- 12 Blitzkrieg -- 13 The Sand Model -- 14 A Cybernetic Solution - I: The Artillery on the Ground -- 15 A Cybernetic Solution - II: The Artillery of the Air -- Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940-45 -- 16 Ends and Means -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.
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Cover -- Series -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Book I The Fire-Tactics of the Old Army: 1904-1914 -- 1 The Artillery as an Accessory -- 2 The Tactics of Separate Tables -- 3 The Still and Mental Parts -- Book II One Great and Continuous Engagement: 1914-1918 -- 4 Prologue and Retrospect -- 5 Many a Doubtful Battle -- 6 Ubique -- 7 Queen of the Battlefield? -- 8 A Technical Knock Out -- Book III The Years Between the Wars: 1919-1939 -- 9 The Swingletree Factor -- 10 Policies, Theories and Weapons -- 11 A Fairly New Model Army -- Book IV The Second Round: 1939-1945 -- 12 Blitzkrieg -- 13 The Sand Model -- 14 A Cybernetic Solution - I: The Artillery on the Ground -- 15 A Cybernetic Solution - II: The Artillery of the Air -- Interlude. Fire-plan statistics: 1940-45 -- 16 Ends and Means -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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