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Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine (Art of War) Hardcover – 28 Feb. 2001

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This work is an operational critique of the art of war as practiced by U.S. and Canadian tank commanders in France in 1944, it also traces the evolution of North American armoured doctrine. Battle performance reviews, interrogation reports, diaries and technical evaluations are all drawn upon.
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  1. Print length
    340 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Lynne Rienner Publishers
  4. Publication date
    28 Feb. 2001
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1555879500
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1555879501
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lynne Rienner Publishers; 1st edition (28 Feb. 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 340 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1555879500
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1555879501
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm
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Roman Johann Jarymowycz

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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A. Davis
4.0 out of 5 stars A real insight into Allied operations in Normandy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2009
Don't be fooled by the title: this book covers the major offensives launched by the Allies in June / July 1944 (Goodwood, Tractable and Cobra amongst others) and does not delve into minor unit tank-on-tank engagements. It also examines battles around Arracourt and Metz in the autumn of 1944. The book and author present an insightful picture of how the British, Canadians, Polish, Americans and Germans fought - their command, control, organisation and equipment. It also compares Allied operational performance with that of the Russians - and draws some very interesting conclusions! The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is there are some annoying proofreading errors and minor errors in the organisation charts.
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phaze
2.0 out of 5 stars Biased, tired and light on actual operational detail.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2016
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For full disclosure, I guess I should state that a lot of my views on WWII run directly contrary to Jarymowicz's. I knew this going in and to put it simply, nothing he wrote he managed to convince me and a lot ot it I just see a nonsense stemming from author's virtual deification of tired old things like /Fingerspitzengefühl/Patton.

For a book that wants to undertake an analysis of Western operational art and maneuver it's puzzling that things like Dragoon/Market Garden/Queen/Patton's Lorraine offensives/Veritable-Grenade/ Post-Rhine exploitation are omitted. The analysis of operations we get is short, sometimes as little as a dozen of pages and not very detailed. Through it all, runs the ever intense hatred of Montgomery who can't do no right in Jarymowicz's eyes. Bolstered by a saucy choice of quotes from Fuller, Patton, Harmon, Hansen, Conningham, all very objective people, every negative interpretation of his decisions is taken up and any mitigating circumstance or good decision is left ignored. Leading Jarymowicz to even blame him for not using US armored corps in the wake of Goodwood, not understanding neither the terms under which the coalition operated, nor the necessity of such troops for Cobra. It's all the more perplexing since the aAuthor (rightly if I might say so) extols the Soviet approach, yet doesn't see that of the western generals, Montgomery's approach, with his narrow breakthrough sectors, heavy concentration of troops, artillery, armor and echeloning of them in depth, was the closest to the Soviet one. British/Canadian Great Swan is also completely ignored while Patton's drive through non existent resistance, his stumbling in front of Metz and a set of tactical engagements around Arracourt, which he had no influence on and that spelled the end of 3rd Army's exploitation is the "maturation of maneuver warfare". It's an easy to read book but one that offers precious little over it's 1980's antecedents and doesn't even attempt to address the more modern historiography push that rehabilitates British/Canadian effort
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Torgau
5.0 out of 5 stars Best account of armor doctrine in WW II
Reviewed in the United States on 4 April 2024
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The author leads up to the role of Allied armor in Normandy and Loraine with how doctrine evolved from WW I through WW II. Although the book is mostly focused on US, British, and Canadian armor doctrine, he also covers the evolution of German and Soviet doctrine. Indeed, his account of Soviet doctrine is perhaps the best one I've ever read. The author pulls no punches wrt senior Allied leaders. Montgomery, Bradley, and Eisenhower made numerous mistakes. Whereas the Germans excelled in Normandy at the tactical level of war, the Soviets by 1944 outperformed the Germans and the Western Allies at the operational level of war, especially wrt the employment of massive armor/artillery concentrations. Little know facts, such as the Soviet STAVKA representatives who visited Normany while the campaign was in progress, are gems for any reader.
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Matthias Dorn
5.0 out of 5 stars Eine sehr gute Informationsquelle für Geschichtsinteressierte und Historiker.
Reviewed in Germany on 3 January 2022
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Gefällt mir sehr gut, der Aufbau und die beschriebenen Taktiken auf beiden Seiten. Das man sich ein Bild machen kann. Das Buch empfehle ich sehr, für die, die sich für die Geschichte der Panzertaktik 1944 interessieren.
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RAUL
3.0 out of 5 stars Un poco desilusionado.
Reviewed in Spain on 26 June 2017
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De forma general cuenta las campañas y los inicios de los cuerpos acorazados, Biene con muuuuuuuuuchos esquemas y tablas.
si quieres algo mas especifico, compra otro libro que sea especifico de esa batalla o campaña en particular.
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William Rolston
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be mandatory reading.
Reviewed in Canada on 5 September 2016
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Excellent research and doesn't pull punches. By far one of the best books about the Normandy campaign. There are a couple of statements that put my teeth on edge as they are particularly uncharitable interpretation or slight miss-interpretation of facts but they are tangential to the broad thrust of the book. (one example, he says that American antipathy towards DD tanks lead to them not being on Omaha. It's well known that Americans didn't like "novelty tanks" like the DD's but that wasn't the reason they weren't on the beach at Omaha. Also, as mentioned elsewhere, there are conflicting mentions about the effectiveness of bombing and consistently of tank doctrine but I put that up to the uncertainty of war)
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まげ店長
5.0 out of 5 stars 連合軍の戦車戦術
Reviewed in Japan on 17 February 2014
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ドイツ戦車の戦い方は「パンツァー・タクティクス」という名著がありますが、
 パンツァータクティク―WW2ドイツ軍戦車部隊戦術マニュアル
Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II （原書）
（上記2冊は小隊・中隊レベルの戦術に特化しているのに対し、
　本書はもう少し大きな大隊・師団レベルを多く説明しています。
　もちろん、シャーマン　vs　ティーガーなど、小隊レベルもありますが...
　違うと言われれば違いますし、逆に言うと両方読んでもかち合いません）

私の感覚では実力のある戦車は勝って当たり前。
如何に弱い戦車が勝てるのか？というと、やはり連合軍の戦車ですね。
まずは第一次世界大戦の戦車＆騎馬活用法から始まり、砂漠戦も入れながら
やはりメインはサブタイトル通りにノルマンディー上陸作戦以降の戦い方です。
巻末にはドイツ軍やソ連軍の戦車戦術まで載っていて、美味しい限りです。
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