If Germany Attacks: The Battle in Depth in the WestInitially published on the eve of the German blitzkrieg against France in 1940, this analysis of the German doctrine of defense as it evolved in 1915-1918 is often overlooked because of its misleading title. No understanding of the failure of the Allied offensives on the Western Front in World War I is adequate without reference to this work which explores the problem from the German point of view. |
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If Germany Attacks: The Battle In Depth In The West (1915-1917) Captain G C Wynne No preview available - 2020 |
If Germany Attacks: The Battle in Depth in the West (1915-1917) G. C. Wynne No preview available - 2017 |
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advance April Army commander Arras artillery fire artillery observers assembly area attack Aubers Ridge barrage battlefield battlefront battlezone Bavarian bombardment brigade British artillery British G.H.Q. British offensive captured casualties Colonel von Lossberg Corps counter-attack divisions Crown Prince Rupprecht defence in depth divisional doctrine dug-outs Eingreif divisions elastic defence enemy enemy's flank foremost line forward front battalion front breastwork front divisions front-line front-trench system frontage Gavrelle German defence German position Greenland Hill ground Group guns heavy Hindenburg Line Hindenburg Position immediate counter-attack Infanterie Regiment infantry infantry assault line of resistance Ludendorff machine machine-gun machine-gun nests Menin Messines Ridge miles Monchy Neuve Chapelle ordered organization outpost zone Passchendaele Quéant recapture reserve battalions reserve divisions Reserve Line reverse slope Riegel Scarpe Second Line sector shell-holes shells Sir Douglas Haig Sketch Somme battles strong-points support battalions text-book tion trench system village Vimy Ridge Wancourt Wotan Wotan Position Wytschaete yards