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The Rise and Decline of Mobility Doctrine in the U.S. Army, 1922-1940 : Unleashing the Mechanized Warfare Thunderbolt

Author
Rodgers, Russ
Published
Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
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1 online resource (467 pages)
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English.
Contents
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF MOBILITY DOCTRINE IN THE U.S. ARMY, 1920-1944: Unleashing the Mechanized Warfare Thunderbolt; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Last Ride of the Panzertruppen; Chapter 2. A Worldview Arisen The Surge of the Apostles of Mobility; Chapter 3. A Thunderbolt is Born The Struggle for American Mobility Doctrine; Chapter 4. The Thunderbolt Constrained The Triumph of Firepower; Chapter 5. Lessons Ignored The Thunderbolt's Mediterranean Interlude; Chapter 6. The Big Show The Thunderbolt Unleashed; Photographs; 1. The End is Near., 2. Generalleutnant Martin Unrein3. Major General Alvan C. Gillem; 4. Bradford Chynoweth; 5. Brigadier General Adna Chaffee; 6. Major General Robert Grow; 7. Britain's Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller; 8. Germany's Generaloberst Heinz Guderian; 9. Germany's Pzkw III; 10. M-1 Combat Car; 11. M-2 Rolling Pillbox; 12. Char B; 13. Pzkw V; 14. Pzkw VIe Tiger I; 15. M-4 Sherman 1; 16. Panther 1; 17. M-4 Sherman 2; 18. Panther 2; 19. General Marshall; 20. Major General Orlando ""Pinky"" Ward; 21. Lieutenant General Lloyd Fredendall; 22. Feldmarschall Erwin Rommel; 23. Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, 24. Three American Army Commanders25. General Dwight Eisenhower; 26. Field Briefing; 27. M-4 Sherman 105mm howitzer support tank; 28. Major General Lunsford Oliver; 29. Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams; 30. General Hasso von Manteuffel; 31. Maj. Gen. Lawton Collins VII; 32. Patton and Maj. Gen. John ""P"" Wood; 33. Major General Lucian Truscott; 34. Major General Leonard Gerow; 35. Major General Norman Cota; 36. First Lieutenant Raymond Fleig; 37. An American Armored Force Deploys for Battle; 38. 75mm PAK and The Panzerfaust; 39. M-26 Pershing, Chapter 7. Lost Opportunity: A Thunderbolt SideshowChapter 8. Raging Thunder: The Thunderbolt Hits the Westwall; Chapter 9. Battering at the Forest: The Triumph of the Prophets of Position; Conclusion: The Prophets Prevail; Appendices: Tables and Maps; Tables; Table 1: Position and Mobility Concepts; Table 2: Supervision Visits by Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, 1944-45; Table 3: U.S. Army Planned Divisions verses Actually Mobilized; Table 4: Downtime of Select U.S. Units, 1944; Table 5: Comparative Tank Ground Pressures; Table 6: Select U.S. Unit Tank Loss Summary, 1944-45, and Table 7: U.S. 6th Armored Division Tank Losses, 1944-45Table 8: Comparative Analysis of Engagements, 3rd and 4th Armor Divs; Table 9: Select U.S. Unit Kill-Loss Ratio, 1944-45; Table 10: Select U.S. Unit Tank Kill Summary, 1944-45; Table 11: Comparative Ranks; Maps; Map 1: Counterattack of the Clausewitz Panzer Division, April 1945; Map 2: The Gembloux Gap and Ardennes, May 1940; Map 3: Palermo Landing vs. Actual Sicily Landings, 1943; Map 4: 21st Army Group Lodgment Plan, Feb. 1944; Map 5: Planned and Actual Breakout by U.S. Third Army, Aug. 1944
Summary
This study examines the development of mobility doctrine in the United States compared with other European nations, particularly the purveyor of the blitzkrieg phenomenon, Germany. This work assesses how the two worldviews of mobility and position impacted doctrine, tank development, and leadership.
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ISBN
9780773417212
0773417214
9780773412880
0773412883
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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