The authors examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components revealing what role factors such as weather climate terrain soil and vegetation have played in combat. Battles include Bunker Hill Gettysburg Verdun and Flan... Lees meer.

This book focuses on the extent to which the physical terrain features across Egypt Libya and Tunisia affected British operations throughout the campaign in North Africa during the Second World War. One main theme of the work analyses the terrain from the operational a... Lees meer.

This book focuses on the extent to which the physical terrain features across Egypt Libya and Tunisia affected British operations throughout the campaign in North Africa during the Second World War. One main theme of the work analyses the terrain from the operational a... Lees meer.

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Throughout history from Kublai Khan s attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel s desert warfare military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements geographer Ha... Lees meer.

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This thesis traces the development of urban operations from World War II to the present to examine the evolution of doctrine training organization and equipment. Four specific operations battles are examined including Stalingrad in World War II on the eastern front... Lees meer.

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Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction this unique book reproduces six important military reports and studies dealing with the Human Terrain System HTS mapping and teams. In the years following the invasion of Iraq the United... Lees meer.