Steel Wind

Autorentext
Major General David T. Zabecki enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966. He served in Vietnam as an infantry rifleman in the 9th Infantry Division, 1967-68. He left Vietnam shortly after the Tet Offensive. After transferring to Germany he was assigned to an 8-inch artillery battalion and eventually became the Battalion Fire Direction Chief. After leaving active duty at the end of 1969, he transferred to the Army National Guard, where he also served as a Battalion Fire Direction Chief in a 105mm unit. Zabecki is a 1995 graduate of the U.S. Army War College. He completed the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1988, receiving the General John J. Pershing Award as the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his year group. He also completed the officer advanced branch courses for Field Artillery, Military Intelligence, Infantry, Armor, Air Defense Artillery, Military Police, and the Psychological Operations Officer Course. Zabecki holds a functional area specialty in Operations (54A), and additional skill indicators as a Military Historian (5X), and as Nuclear and Chemical Target Analyst (5H). An editor and a writer specializing in Military History, he is the Editor of Vietnam magazine, and the author or editor of numerous military history books, including Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmüller and the Birth of Modern Artillery (1994); World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia (1999); On the German Art of War: Truppenführung (2001); Vietnam: A Reader (2002); and The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War (2006). He has written more than 400 articles for journals, magazines, and encyclopedias. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of Military History with American Military University. Zabecki also worked for 20 years in private industry as an engineer. Zabecki is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality and holds certifications from ASQ as both a Quality Engineer and a Reliability Engineer. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in History from Xavier University (Ohio); a Masters degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology; and a Doctorate in Military Science from the British Army's Royal Military College of Science.

Klappentext
Steel Wind is a piece of historical detective work that explains how Colonel Georg Bruchmuller, an obscure German artillery officer recalled from retirement, played a pivotal role in the revolution of offensive tactics that took place in 1917-18. Ironically, the methods developed by Bruchmuller ultimately were rejected by the German Army of World War II, but they were taken up and applied with a vengeance by the emerging Red Army. The Soviets further developed Bruchmuller's principles and incorporated them into their doctrine, where they remain to this day. Through Soviet doctrine, they have become fundamental to the practice of many other armies. Bruchmuller's influence in shaping the former Soviet Army has also been mirrored in the shape of those armies designed to oppose it.

Inhalt
Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword by J.B.A. Bailey Introduction Artillery Combat in the First World War The Tactical and Technological Environment The Phases of Artillery Use in World War I Riga: Movement Returns to the Battlefield The Man Who Synchronized Fire and Maneuver Bruchmüller's Tactics Neutralization Organization for Combat Preparation of the Battlefield Combined Arms Coordination Operational Security and Surprise Fire Support Planning Fire Support for Ludendorff's 1918 Offensives The St. Quentin Offensive The Lys Offensive The Chemin des Dames Offensive The Noyon Offensive The Champagne-Marne Offensive The Aftermath Bruchmüller's Legacy Bruchmüller's Lessons of the (First) World War Influence on the German Army Influence on the British, French, and U.S. Armies Influence on the Russian and Soviet Armies Echoes of Bruchmüller Epilogue Appendix A: The Military Career of Georg Bruchmüller Appendix B: Bruchmüller's Military Decorations and Orders Appendix C: Bruchmüller's World War I Staff Appendix D: The Imperial German Artillery in the First World War Appendix E: Glossary of World War I Era Artillery and Military Terms Bibliography Index

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