Introduction
Prologue: The Massacre of Innocents
Open Order Tactics
Fortress Warfare
Special Assault Units
Verdun
Expansion
Organization and Technology
The Eastern Front
Mountain Warfare
Cambrai
The Peace Offensive
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Wilhelm Raid
Appendix B: The Jacobsbrunnen Raid
Appendix C: André Laffargue
Bibliography
Indexes
Describing the radical transformation in German infantry tactics that took place during World War I, this is the first detailed account of the evolution of stormtroop tactics available in English. It covers the German infantry's tactical heritage, the squad's evolution as a tactical unit, the use of new weapons for close combat, the role of the elite assault units, and detailed descriptions of offensive battles.
BRUCE I. GUDMUNDSSON is a military historian on the faculty of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, Virginia. Mr. Gudmundsson is a frequent contributor to the Marine Corps Gazzette.
?[Stormtroop Tactics] is recommended reading for all military
professionals.?-INFANTRY MAGAZINE
?Bruce Gudmundsson has written a useful book on the development of
tactics in the German army in World War I, with the emphasis on the
evolution of stormtroop tactics. . . . Gudmundsson's book is a good
one: well-researched, to the point, and logical in its
presentation. It is essential reading for those interested both in
tactical innovation and in the German army in World War I.?-The
Journal of Military History
?For too long, a curious mystery has enveloped the origin of German
stormtroop tactics in World War I. Like Topsy they just growed. But
as Bruce Gudmundsson demonstrates in this admirable contribution to
the literature of military history, the principles of open-order
tactics, which were at the heart of infiltration, go back to the
Boer War; even by the end of 1914. German commanders were
experimenting with the rudiments of new attack forms. That
conventional trench warfare was bound to end, and did so on March
21, 1918, should no longer puzzle us. What Colonel G.C. Wynne once
did for the evolution of German defensive tactics in the Great War,
Captain Gudmundsson has now done, and remarkably, for their
offensive equivalent.?-The Quarterly Journal of Military
History
?Very useful for modern soldiers who must consider how their own
doctrine . . . must be adapted to meet the changes technology and
circumstance will impose on their own future battlefield.?-ARMY
"ÝStormtroop Tactics¨ is recommended reading for all military
professionals."-INFANTRY MAGAZINE
"[Stormtroop Tactics] is recommended reading for all military
professionals."-INFANTRY MAGAZINE
"Bruce Gudmundsson has written a useful book on the development of
tactics in the German army in World War I, with the emphasis on the
evolution of stormtroop tactics. . . . Gudmundsson's book is a good
one: well-researched, to the point, and logical in its
presentation. It is essential reading for those interested both in
tactical innovation and in the German army in World War I."-The
Journal of Military History
"Very useful for modern soldiers who must consider how their own
doctrine . . . must be adapted to meet the changes technology and
circumstance will impose on their own future battlefield."-ARMY
"For too long, a curious mystery has enveloped the origin of German
stormtroop tactics in World War I. Like Topsy they just growed. But
as Bruce Gudmundsson demonstrates in this admirable contribution to
the literature of military history, the principles of open-order
tactics, which were at the heart of infiltration, go back to the
Boer War; even by the end of 1914. German commanders were
experimenting with the rudiments of new attack forms. That
conventional trench warfare was bound to end, and did so on March
21, 1918, should no longer puzzle us. What Colonel G.C. Wynne once
did for the evolution of German defensive tactics in the Great War,
Captain Gudmundsson has now done, and remarkably, for their
offensive equivalent."-The Quarterly Journal of Military History
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