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100 1 Bull, Stephen,|d1960-
245 10 German Assault Troops of the First World War :
|bStosstrupptaktik - The First Stormtroopers /|cStephen
Bull.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe History Press,
|c[2014]
264 4 |c©2014
300 1 online resource (288 pages)
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520 To many it would later seem as if the rule book of war had
been torn up and thrown away. World War I is usually
characterized as a static war of attrition, but by its end
a new doctrine of fire and movement emerged, with the
squad as the key tactical unit, marking a fundamental
shift in methods of warfare. As late as March 1918,
assault detachments used these tactics to destroy the
British 5th Army and take 50,000 prisoners. Stephen Bull
traces the development of German storm tactics in the
context of trench warfare waged with new technology:
vastly improved machine-guns, super-heavy artillery,
flamethrowers, and gas. The legend of German stormtroops
has proved powerful and enduring. They were central to
Blitzkrieg, and Hitler styled them as elite
soldiers—living examples of Nietzschean supermen. As
demonstrated here, these tactics did not appear out of
nowhere.
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588 0 Print version record.
610 10 Germany.|bHeer|xHistory|yWorld War, 1914-1914.
650 0 Special forces (Military science)|zGermany.
650 0 World War, 1914-1918|xCommando operations.
650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War I.|2bisacsh
655 0 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBull, Stephen, 1960-|tGerman assault
troops of the First World War.|dStroud : Spellmount, 2007.
|z9781862273627 :|w(Uk)013746706
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