Seize and hold master strokes on the battlefield

The twentieth-century advent of the motorised battlegroup transformed what used to be a comparatively rare event - the coup de main - into an essential element of attack. Speed, surprise and firepower favour the small unit able to take the initiative against an unprepared enemy, and that is the cent...

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Main Author: Perrett, Bryan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Opening the Iron Gate
  • Young Mister Rommel
  • Polish Eagle and Russian Bear
  • The Third Dimension: Holland and Belgium
  • The Road to Beda Fomm
  • Deep Strike: Jitra and Slim River, Malaya 1941
  • Hill 309 and the Bridge at 637436
  • Meiktila - The Master Stroke
  • Taken at the Run: The Capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, March 1945
  • Going for the Jugular: The Inchon Landings, September 1950
  • Earthquake on Chu Pong: The Ia Drang Valley Campaign, Vietnam
  • Postscript: the Coup Comes of Ages