Engineers in Battle
eBook - ePub

Engineers in Battle

  1. 97 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

MODERN war, in placing a premium on mobility, has placed a premium on the Engineer. For it is the task of the Engineer to keep the routes of advance clear of obstacles which might impede the progress of the modern engines of war. This purely offensive role of the Engineer is in addition to all his conventional duties such as effecting demolitions and maintaining routes of communication.But, even in his conventional dudes, the Engineer now proceeds with new equipment, new techniques, and new doctrines. It is literally true that one who knows only the Engineer unit of World War I would scarcely recognize the corresponding unit today.As America learns to know its new Army better and better, these facts will become self-evident. Meanwhile, for living examples of the modern conception of the Engineer in battle, one can do no better than go to the records of the actual engagements in Europe.Colonel Thompson's book takes us to the European battlefields, and throws the spotlight on the actions of combat Engineers: …including Warsaw, Bzura, the Upper Rhine, the Maginot Line and others. He also looks at mine-laying operations and pontooneering on the Loire and Seine.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. FOREWORD
  4. Illustrations and Diagrams
  5. 1-Diary of a Campaign
  6. 2-Assault Operation
  7. 3-Barrier Operation
  8. 4-Diary of a Campaign
  9. 5-Canal-Crossing Operation
  10. 6-Notes on the Unknown War
  11. 7-Ferrying on the Seine
  12. 8-Pontoneering on the Seine
  13. 9-River-Crossing Operation
  14. 10-Further Notes on the Unknown War
  15. 11-Assault Operation
  16. 12-Diary of a Campaign
  17. 13-Bridging Operation
  18. 14-Post-Armistice Activities
  19. 15-Diary of a Campaign