Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery Book

	Illustrations
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	Artillery Combat in the First World War	5
	The Tactical and Technological Environment	5
	The Phases of Artillery Use in World War I	6
3	Riga: Movement Returns to the Battlefield	21
4	The Man Who Synchronized Fire and Maneuver	27
5	Bruchmuller's Tactics	33
	Neutralization	33
	Organization for Combat	36
	Preparation of the Battlefield	44
	Combined Arms Coordination	45
	Operational Security and Surprise	47
	Fire Support Planning	50
6	Fire Support for Ludendorff's 1918 Offensives	63
	The St. Quentin Offensive	67
	The Lys Offensive	78
	The Chemin des Dames Offensive	80
	The Noyon Offensive	85
	The Champagne-Marne Offensive	87
	The Aftermath	96
7	Bruchmuller's Legacy	103
	Bruchmuller's Lessons of the First World War	103
	Influence on the German Army	105
	Influence on the British, French, and U.S. Armies	110
	Influence on the Russian and Soviet Armies	126
8	Echoes of Bruchmuller	141
9	Epilogue	149
	Appendix A: The Military Career of Georg Bruchmuller	153
	Appendix B: Bruchmuller's Military Decorations and Orders	155
	Appendix C: Bruchmuller's World War I Staff	157
	Appendix D: The Imperial German Artillery in the First World War	159
	Appendix E: Glossary of World War I Era Artillery and Military Terms	171
	Bibliography	177
	Index	189