| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 261 pages .) |
| Series |
History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 99 |
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History of warfare ; v. 99.
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| Contents |
Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Andrew Hargreaves, Patrick Rose and Matthew Ford; chapter 1; Coalition Air-Land Doctrine in the North African Campaign: Moving Towards a Single Concept of Operations, June 1942 -- March 1943; James Hudson; chapter 2; A Blueprint for Success: Army-Air Force Co-operation and the Battle for the Mareth Line, 19-29 March 1943; Ross Mahoney; chapter 3; The Fusion of the North African armée de l'air and the FAFL after Operation TORCH, November 1942 -- May 1944; Paul Lemaire; chapter 4 |
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"When Opportunity Arises": British Airborne Operations in the Mediterranean, 1941-1944John Greenacre; chapter 5; Rearguard Action: Eighth Army's Tactical Response to the German Evacuation of Sicily, July -- August 1943; Kevin Jones; chapter 6; Indian Army Training for the Italian Campaign and Lessons Learnt; Alan Jeffreys; chapter 7; Learning on the Job: Training the Brazilians for Combat in the Gothic Line; Cesar Campiani Maximiano; chapter 8; The Quartermaster Corps in the Mediterranean: A Motorized Logistics System; Grant T. Weller; chapter 9 |
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British Army Communications in North Africa and Italy from Operation TORCH to the Capture of RomeSimon Godfrey; chapter 10; Failures in Command and Control: The Experience of 4th Indian Division at the Second Battle of Cassino, February 1944; Christopher Mann; chapter 11; Reassessing British Army Command: XIII British Corps in the Fourth Battle of Cassino, May -- July 1944; Patrick Rose; chapter 12; Learning to Exploit Depth: The Application, Evolution and Value of Allied Special Forces in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945; Andrew Hargreaves; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Allied Fighting Effectiveness is a collection of scholarly papers focusing on a variety of different aspects of the major campaigns of North Africa, Sicily and Italy, ranging from operation TORCH to the end of the war in Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mediterranean Region.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
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Unified operations (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
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Combined operations (Military science) -- History -- 20th century
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Tactics -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Combined operations (Military science)
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Military campaigns
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Tactics
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Unified operations (Military science)
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North Africa
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Mediterranean Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hargreaves, Andrew L., 1981- editor.
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Rose, Patrick J., editor.
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Ford, Matthew C., editor.
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| ISBN |
9004255702 |
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9789004255708 |
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