Infantry in Battle - The Infantry Journal (1939)
Infantry in Battle - The Infantry Journal (1939)
The Infantry Journal, "Infantry in Battle"
The Infantry Journal, Inc., Washington, D.C. | 1939 (USACGSC reprint) | ISBN: none | 420 pgs. | PDF | 212MB
An extensive compilation of actual battlefield actions from World War One intended to educate the modern infantry officer in the complexities and stresses of warfare. The schoolhouse and maneuver field training for young officers was seen as insufficient and this book was an attempt to show how things rarely go according to plan, and that initiative, intelligence, and a level head were necessary for combat success. Chapters cover obscurity, simplicity, terrain, space and time, mobility, surprise, orders, plans, control, supervision, direction, fire and movement, machine guns, advance to the attack, battle reconnaissance, night attacks, tenacity and optimism, morale, artillery, and more. The examples come from US, German, British, and French experiences.
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