Sledgehammers:: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II,9780971765023

Sledgehammers:: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II

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ISBN13: 9780971765023
ISBN10: 0971765022
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-04-01
Publisher(s): Aegis Consulting Group
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v
A Guide to Tactical Unit Symbols vii
Rank Equivalences viii
Prologue: Through the Eyes of a Tiger Ace---Otto Carius 1(2)
Introduction to Heavy Tank Battalions
3(9)
Background
4(1)
Historical Literature
5(2)
Overcoming Misperceptions
7(3)
Measures of Effectiveness and Organization of Book
10(1)
The Levels of Warfare and Heavy Tank Battalions
11(1)
Heavy Tank Battalion Overview
12(25)
Doctrine
12(6)
Organization
18(7)
Equipment
25(5)
Personnel
30(1)
Tactics
31(5)
Summary
36(1)
Growing Pains and Adaptation
37(38)
Heavy Tank Battalion 502 with Army Group North
38(1)
Heavy Tank Battalions in Tunisia
39(19)
Heavy Tank Battalion 503 with Army Group Don in Southern Russia
58(5)
Changes Before Operation Zitadelle
63(3)
Operation Zitadelle: The Battle of Kursk
66(7)
Summary
73(2)
On the Strategic Defensive
75(25)
Fighting on the Russian Front
76(2)
Encirclement: The Cherkassy Pocket
78(8)
Italy
86(13)
Conclusion
99(1)
The Last Year of the War
100(52)
Operation Bagration
101(3)
In the Aftermath of Operation Bagration: Heavy Tank Battalion 502 Defending Dunaburg
104(7)
Normandy
111(21)
Poland
132(20)
The Final Battles
152(30)
Hungary: The Early Battles
152(5)
Operation Wacht am Rhein
157(7)
Hungary 1945
164(12)
The Vistula-Oder Operation
176(2)
Fragmented End
178(1)
Summary
179(3)
Assessment and Conclusion
182(10)
Mission Accomplishment
182(3)
A Statistical Perspective
185(2)
Flaws
187(3)
Synthesis and Conclusion
190(2)
Epilogue: Through the Eyes of Tiger Killers---Viktor Iskrov and Ray Holt
192(7)
Appendix: Comparative Analysis of Heavy Tank Doctrines
199(21)
France
199(4)
United Kingdom and United States
203(6)
Soviet Union
209(11)
Notes 220(33)
Bibliography 253

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