The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 write by Clayton Donnell. This book was released on 2012-08-20. The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ring of fortifications protecting the city of Verdun on the Meuse River would become critical in the infamous battle of World War I. This book examines these fortifications, including the famous forts of Douaumont and Vaux that saw some of the fiercest fighting during the battle.
The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917
The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 write by Clayton Donnell. This book was released on 2012-08-20. The Fortifications of Verdun 1874–1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ring of fortifications protecting the city of Verdun on the Meuse River would become critical in the infamous battle of World War I. This book examines these fortifications, including the famous forts of Douaumont and Vaux that saw some of the fiercest fighting during the battle.
French Soldier vs German Soldier
French Soldier vs German Soldier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook French Soldier vs German Soldier write by David Campbell. This book was released on 2020-03-19. French Soldier vs German Soldier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On 21 February 1916, the German Army launched a major attack on the French fortress of Verdun. The Germans were confident that the ensuing battle would compel France to expend its strategic reserves in a savage attritional battle, thereby wearing down Allied fighting power on the Western Front. However, initial German success in capturing a key early objective, Fort Douaumont, was swiftly stemmed by the French defences, despite heavy French casualties. The Germans then switched objectives, but made slow progress towards their goals; by July, the battle had become a stalemate. During the protracted struggle for Verdun, the two sides' infantrymen faced appalling battlefield conditions; their training, equipment and doctrine would be tested to the limit and beyond. New technologies, including flamethrowers, hand grenades, trench mortars and more mobile machine guns, would play a key role in the hands of infantry specialists thrown into the developing battle, and innovations in combat communications were employed to overcome the confusion of the battlefield. This study outlines the two sides' wider approach to the evolving battle, before assessing the preparations and combat record of the French and German fighting men who fought one another during three pivotal moments of the 101⁄2-month struggle for Verdun.
Verdun 1916
Verdun 1916 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verdun 1916 write by H. W. Kaufmann. This book was released on 2016-07-31. Verdun 1916 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Wrapped in myth and distortion, the Battle of Verdun is one of the most enigmatic battles of the Great War, and the controversy continues a century later. Before the battle the Germans believed they had selected one of the strongest points in the French defences in the hope that, if they smashed through it, the French would collapse. But Verdun was actually a hollow shell since its forts were largely disarmed and the trench lines were incomplete. So why did the Germans fail to take Verdun? As well as seeking to answer this fundamental question, the authors of this perceptive new study reconsider other key aspects of the battle the German deployment of stormtroopers, the use of artillery and aircraft, how the French developed the idea of methodical battle which came to dominate their military thought after the war. They look too at how Verdun brought about a renaissance of fortress engineering that resulted in the creation of the Maginot Line and the other fortifications constructed in Europe before the Second World War.
Verdun 1916
Verdun 1916 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verdun 1916 write by William F. Buckingham. This book was released on 2016-01-15. Verdun 1916 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A gripping narrative of the most infamous Western Front battle of the war. The British remember the Somme, Russia the Brusilov Offensive, and France and Germany remember Verdun
