An excellent resource for wargamers or history buffs!

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	• World War II Infantry Assault Tactics (Elite) Gordon Rottman Osprey Publishing, 2008 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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A worthy addition!

This book is another in the Osprey series on infantry tactics.

Like the previous books this takes a close up look and the 'how' and 'with what' of an infantry assault in WWII in general terms and then delves into national variances. The book is well illustrated and the photos are well integrated with the work. Anyone with limited experience of reading military history can easily become more enlightened on how what they are reading about was done after reading this book.

This book fills in the details of what many of us (thankfully) only read about. Taken with the other Osprey works on similar topics will give the reader a much clearer view on how the history was accomplished.

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An excellent resource for wargamers or history buffs!

The good blokes at Osprey Publishing in merry ole' England have been quite prolific in recent days with new volumes within their already impressive line-up of books of interest to military history buffs and wargamers. Among the recent new releases is Volume #160 of their Elite series. Entitled World War II Infantry Assault Tactics, this 64-page softback book is a very worthy addition. While so many books focus on the equipment, organization, uniforms, and battles, this one is a departure, focusing on ground assault tactics on a micro-level. The author, Gordon L. Rottman, is a former infantryman well versed in the art of small arms combat, and his experience and research, coupled with his strong prose, enable the reader to get a good grasp of small unit tactics during the Second World War.

In particular, Rottman studies and explains the techniques used to eliminate the enemy's fortified positions. He discusses the detailed planned and preparation that the infantry and / or engineering teams go through before the actual attack, as well as the typical defensive preparations such as minefields, obstacles, and fortifications. Rottman examines the differences in assault tactics between the major combatants - U.S., Germany, Great Britain, and Japan -- comparing and contrasting the styles (and results).

Profusely illustrated by Peter Dennis, in Osprey's common style of excellence, this new book is a very interesting read, and, for those of us who have never been involved in a military attack on a fortified position, it gives a reasonable overview of what goes into the attack -- far more that what Saving Private Ryan or the old John Wayne WWII films might imply. Pick up a copy today if you are interested in the details behind the scenes.

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Just about every war movie - famously, Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers - includes dramatic scenes of soldiers trying to attack an enemy pillbox or trench. Continuing the series explaining World War II tactics, Gordon L Rottman (who became expert in these tactics during the Vietnam War) explains and illustrates the kit and techniques used in assaulting fortifications. He covers the differences in US, British, German, Soviet and Japanese approaches and experiences, concentrating on small units of foot soldiers with hand-carried equipment. The weapons used included the purpose-made and the improvized: assault charges of various shapes, sizes and characteristics, flamethrowers, grenades and bazookas. Their tactical deployment is analyzed and explained in detail, with the support of color artwork, maps, diagrams and photographs.

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