A fascinating insight into the dangers and difficulties of operating within the desert terrain and the competitive race to perfect fighting doctrines by Rommel, Montgomery and Patton, in World War II's “best tank country”.
Argues that, far from being the first 'modern' war, it was the last 'Napoleonic' war, and that none of the innovations of industrialized warfare had any significant effect on the outcome.
Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of... Læs mere
An illustrated history of the designs of Vauban, the foremost military engineer of France throughout the 18th century, and how and why they pushed international boundaries in the art of fortification.
This illustrated history details the different styles of fortification used on the Western Front throughout the course of the war, from the early ditches of 1914 to the complicated systems of 1918.