David T. Zabecki
Auteur van Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery
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Fotografie: Zabecki comme général de division en 2004
Werken van David T. Zabecki
Chief of Staff, Vol. 1: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, Napoleonic Wars to World War I (2008) 31 exemplaren
Chief of Staff, Vol. 2: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, World War II to Korea and Vietnam (2013) 29 exemplaren
The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in The Operational Level of War (Strategy and History) (2006) 20 exemplaren
The Generals’ War: Operational Level Command on the Western Front in 1918 (Twentieth-Century Battles) (2018) 16 exemplaren
World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) (1924) 9 exemplaren
Vietnam October 2006 1 exemplaar
Vietnam Feburary 2007 1 exemplaar
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L'engagement des Américains dans la guerre en 1917-1918: La Fayette, nous voilà !: [actes du… (2020) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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- 1947-08-08
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- Springfield, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
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- Royal Military College of Science, Royaume-Uni (Doctorat, Sciences militaire, 20 04)
United States Army War College, Carlisle (Diplôme, 19 95)
Université de la côte californienne (Doctorat, Ingénierie, 19 87)
Institut technologique de Floride (M.A., Gestion des systèmes, 19 76)
Université Xavier, Cincinnati, Nordood, Ohio (B.A., M.A., Histoire) - Beroepen
- US Army officer
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- Honorary Senior Research Fellow, War Studies Program, University of Birmingham
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His approach to use of artillery and way it should be incorporated into general Imperial German Army gave new vigor to the German military machine. In 5 last offensives led by Ludendorf, colonel's doctrine proved its value in the field but came in too late to save the Germans.
As one of the reviewers noted we are not exactly given information how Bruchmueller came to his ideas - everything starts at the moment of his first application of new approach in Riga. It would be interesting to see how he built his knowledge but unfortunately we are never shown this evolution.
On the other hand we are given rather detailed evolution of artillery in Imperial German Army, role it played in the last year and half of WW1 and the way Allies found counter measures against this new German military art.
After 1918 we are given overview how colonel's approach to artillery and his works affected all the sides post WW1 and even today (especially when it comes to USSR/Russia). This part is very informative and shows how proven techniques, especially in field that does not allow for mistakes and second chances, are there to stay. That being said I was surprised that WW2 Germany decided to drop artillery in full - this was marked as a warning note in the book (together with, ironically, Yom Kippur war mentions), mistake of relying on only one waytechnology when it comes to waging war. In this way book also shows how artillery and the way it is used changed dramatically at the end of WW1 and paved the way to modern organization of army artillery as a branch (where theory and concepts of application remained the same with only aspect of artillery technology/gun improvements developing at ever higher speed).
It is to the author's credit that book, although rather short, is very readable and very rich with information related to artillery (listed bibliography is quite amazing).
Highly recommended.… (meer)