Reviews for The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament 1942-1947

The average rating for The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament 1942-1947 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-04-18 00:00:00 John Andrew A good look both at how German artillery Doctrine evolved alongside their Infantry's stormtroop techniques. It's also a good look at how good ideas from the outside can be ignored by a group used to doing things otherwise (in this case Bruchmuller's eastern front experiences by Western Front commanders. It suffers from being a bit brief, however. It purports to be about Bruchmuller, but it's vague about his involvement in many ways. I'm aware that many of his papers did not survive the second world war, but I'd love to see more biographical texture, particularly with regard to his struggles to get his tactics accepted in the west. The other hole is that there's no real detal as to how Bruchmuller's tactics developed- it's descriptive, and talks about how they were adopted in the west, but they seem to have sprung fully armed from Zeus' head just in time for the assault on Riga. I'm curious what gave rise to this.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-09-21 00:00:00 John Murray It is amazing what a good mind, intelligence, the accumulation of knowledge and an environment for change can do and accomplish. All this without the benefit of a computer. This is a great book about solving modern artillery challenges during WW I. It is even a better book about how to get major projects done and rapidly transfer and inculcate key operational knowledge to right people at the right time.