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Elite 200: World War II Glider Assault Tactics by Gordon L Rottman
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Please see pictures for details.”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- ISBN
- 9781782007739
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1782007733
ISBN-13
9781782007739
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167497705
Product Key Features
Original Language
English
Book Title
World War II Glider Assault Tactics
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military Science, Military / World War II, Military / Aviation, Military
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Dennis, Peter, Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Elite Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
8.5 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Covers the origins, the gliders, the glider types, tug aircraft, glider pilots, glider delivered units and glider operations. Each section is broken down covering how each country used their gliders, how they trained their pilots and how operations were executed. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in military history or the gliders of World War II." --Mike Van Schoonhoven, IPMS/USA, "Covers the origins, the gliders, the glider types, tug aircraft, glider pilots, glider delivered units and glider operations. Each section is broken down covering how each country used their gliders, how they trained their pilots and how operations were executed. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in military history or the gliders of World War II." -- Mike Van Schoonhoven, IPMS/USA
Series Volume Number
200
Dewey Decimal
940.544
Table Of Content
Introduction: background Gliders, construction and characteristics: the US Waco CG-4A, British Horsa and Hamilcar, German DFS 230, and minor types Techniques: take-off, towing, release, landing procedures Tug aircraft, types and employment: the US C-47 and German Ju 52. Glider and tug training; the fate of glider pilots after landing Strengths and allocation of glider and tug flying units Glider-delivered units, their organization, weapons, and equipment: infantry, artillery, engineers, and support units Operations: tactical concepts; capabilities and limitations; early difficulties, and lessons learned; key operations examined Select bibliography Plate commentaries Index
Synopsis
From Eben Emael to Crete, Sicily, Market Garden, the Rhine, and Burma, glider-borne paratroopers brought extra firepower to bear using techniques that helicopter troops adapted for modern air cavalry techniques. This book explains the development and organization of World War II glider troops, their mounts, and the air squadrons formed to tow them; the steep and costly learning-curve, as armies and air forces worked out the techniques needed to carry and deliver men and equipment safely to the chosen landing zones; and the tactics that such troops learned to employ once they arrived on the battlefield. All these aspects are illustrated by reference to famous operations, including the German assault on Crete (1941), the Allied assault on Sicily (1943), the Allied Normandy landings and Operation Market Garden (1944), the Rhine crossings (1945), and also the Allied operations in Burma to insert and resupply the "Chindits" behind Japanese lines (1944). The major weakness of the military paratrooper is the limited load of kit that he can carry during the jump, making his combat endurance short unless he is quickly re-supplied. Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider-assault infantry were the forerunners of today's helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, several nations developed troop-carrying gliders capable of getting a whole squad or more of infantry, with heavy weapons, onto the ground quickly, with the equipment that paratroopers simply could not carry. Gliders were also developed to carry light artillery, antitank guns, jeeps, and even special lightweight tanks. They made up at least one-third of the strength of US, British, and German airborne divisions in major battles, and they also carried out several daring coup de main raids and spearhead operations. However, the dangers were extreme, the techniques were difficult, the losses were heavy (particularly during night operations), and the day of the glider assault was relatively brief., Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, the story of the perilous glider assaults carried out by the men who sometimes led and sometimes followed World War II paratroopers onto their objectives. Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider assault infantry were the forerunners of today's helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, several nations developed troop-carrying gliders capable of getting a whole squad or more of infantry, with heavy weapons, onto the ground quickly, with the equipment that paratroopers simply could not carry. They made up at least one-third of the strength of US, British, and German airborne divisions in major battles, and they also carried out several daring coup de main raids and spearhead operations. However, the dangers were extreme, the techniques were difficult, the losses were heavy (particularly during night operations), and the day of the glider assault was relatively brief. This book explains the development and organization of glider troops, their mounts, and the air squadrons formed to tow them, the steep and costly learning-curve and the tactics that such troops learned to employ once they arrived on the battlefield., Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, the story of the perilous glider assaults carried out by the men who sometimes led and sometimes followed World War II paratroopers onto their objectives.
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