Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery

by David T. Zabecki

Book Overview

Steel Wind is a piece of historical detective work that explains how Colonel Georg Bruchmuller, an obscure German artillery officer recalled from retirement, played a pivotal role in the revolution of offensive tactics that took place in 1917-18. Ironically, the methods developed by Bruchmuller ultimately were rejected by the German Army of World War II, but they were taken up and applied with a vengeance by the emerging Red Army. The Soviets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275947505
• ISBN13: 9780275947507
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"