Carentan Posted May 30, 2000 Share Posted May 30, 2000 Kind souls in the CMHQ Annex chat room steered me to read Michael Doubler's Closing with the Enemy for insight into ETO tactics, and I have been tearing into it the last few days. So far, I'd have to report that it is definitely giving me food for thought that can improve my techniques once CM arrives. Has anyone else here read this book? I got mine from Amazon, and the paperback was very inexpensive. I also got Balkoski's Beyond the Beachhead, but haven't started it so far. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted May 30, 2000 Share Posted May 30, 2000 Just got it in a major raid on used military bookstores back East. Among other treasures: William Folkestad's "PanzerJaeger", the story of AT gunner Bernhard Averbeck (very good but short; there is one paragraph in here that provides the fuel for the great HE-skip fire debate), "Condemned to Live", the story of Franz Frisch, artilleryman in Poland, France, Ostfront, and Italy (not as good from the tactical POV, but a few nuggets), "German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front" by Steven Newton (haven't started). I also reclaimed my old Army Manuals: "German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs" (DA No. 20-233) and "Russian Combat Methods in WWII" (DA No. 20-230). These are must reading for CM2 and quite helpful in general. Looking forward to Doubler's book after all the good things I've heard here. [This message has been edited by Mark IV (edited 05-30-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted May 30, 2000 Share Posted May 30, 2000 You had better learn to speed read because you're gonna need some help today. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carentan Posted May 30, 2000 Author Share Posted May 30, 2000 Craig, Leave my Shermans alone! Shame on you beating up on a newbie like this Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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