Mr. T Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 I'm fairly new to wargaming, and I was wondering if anyone would share some good reading material for those interested in learning basic (or more complex) battlefield tactics, especially those that could be applied to Combat Mission. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. W W Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 I thought the last quarter or so of Patton's "War As I Knew It" was fascinating and helpful. The whole book was good, but in the end he actually gets into combat minutae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:USERNAME: Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Anyone read Burgetts Holland book yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Mr T: Try Michael Doubler's "Closing with the Enemy". ------------------ Webmaster http://www.trailblazersww2.org http://www.vmfa251.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rommel22 Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Erwin Rommel's Infantry Tactics. Good tactical book in company level. It's perfect for this game. The level of the tactics revolves around company and platoon so it fitst this game perfect. although no armor tactics but you can figure that one out. ------------------ From the Das Reich book as said by a German soldier "when the Russians reached us, we opened fire, the first wave had no weapons. The second wave didn't either (fire fodder). The 3rd and 4th had weapons and opened fire on us. By this time we were low on ammo, but we drove them back." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devils Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 IMO, any book by Stepen E. Ambrose will do. Great small action first hand accounts. Also, one of my personal favorites is "It Never Snows in September", by Robert J. Kershaw. this has some of the best accounts of small unit actions ( all from the German perspective) on Operation Market Garden. My final favorites are "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Longest Day" by Cornelious Ryan. Happy reading. ------------------ I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take all of you prisoner. Was there anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Company Commander by Charles Macdonald Battle: The Story of the Bulge by John Toland Beyond the Beachhead: 29th ID in Normandy by Joseph Balkoski A Time for Trumpets by Charles Macdonald Eisenhower's Lieutenants by Russell Weigley- Very involved but a definative work on the allies in the West. Six Armies in Normandy by John Keegan Just some of my favorites. Chris ------------------ Land Soft--Kill Quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TURBO Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 company commander is a must,also "The men of comapany k" Harold Leinbuagh and John Campbell "AGAINST THE PANZERS" Allyn Vannoy Jay Karamales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guachi Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Company Commander (see a trend) Closing With the Enemy Field manuals Achtung - Panzer by Guderain (more about tank development than tactics - but neat nonetheless) JJ Fedorowicz publishing has some neat (and expensive) books as well. www.army.mil also has some good stuff Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasman Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Anyone know of any online bookstores in Australia that deal with militray books such as these? I'm sure I could order them from the USA but what with our crappy exchange rate and the postage costs it doesn't make it worth it. Regards, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 "Steel Inferno" - Michael Reynolds Second recommendations of MacDonald and Keegan. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by :USERNAME:: Anyone read Burgetts Holland book yet?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, what's in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Harlas Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 I second Doubler's "Closing with the Enemy". For a look on panzer tactics, on a slightly larger scale though, I can recommend Mellinthin's "Panzer Battles". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. T Posted August 8, 2000 Author Share Posted August 8, 2000 Thanks guys. I looked up some of the books you suggested and they look very good. I found a couple of books by Rommel: Infantry Attacks, and another one just called Attacks. I think the Infantry Attacks might be what you were referring to Rommel22? Not sure on the specific differences between Attacks and Infantry Attacks, but I suppose it's somewhat obvious. Anyway, I'd might as well throw in a request for any reference books on the weapons and vehicles used by the different countries during the war. I read in some other threads some discussion about referring to reference material, that seemed to provide some very interesting details. Something that provides some interesting specs, or maybe just some information on how the different weapons/vehicles were used during the war. Maybe that would help my understanding on which vehicles/troops would be most effective in any given situation. Appreciate it. Thanks for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 "Infantry Attack" and "Attack!" I suppose they are the same book. I have the former one and it is a interesting read. About the weapons book, you can find the HPS book from http://www.hpssims.com/ or you can search for the thread about this. ------------------ "+" is just the beginning. Expect to see "GriffinCheng76", "GriffinCheng(105)" or "GriffinChengA3E8" more should Forum problems occur again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by :USERNAME:: Anyone read Burgetts Holland book yet?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yep. It's pretty good and reads like his other books so if you liked the first two you will like this one. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streamkeeper Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Stepen E. Ambrose "Citizen Solider" covers the same portion of the war as CM. Great complimentary book for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Dog Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 U.S Army in World War II; Cross-Channel Attack The Lorraine Campaign Siegfried Line Campaign The Ardennes Contains the best maps I ever seen in a book. Great data on the positions on troops on various dates.You could find most of these books in secondhand shops if youre lucky.I was. G-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Lot's of American POV stuff here (all very good, even so), but how about the other side? Infanterie Aces by Franz Kurowski Panzertaktik by Wolfgang Schneider And, of course, The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 Pretty comprehensive list at: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/000516.html Dozens more if you search for "book" in the topic header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick_Oz Posted August 8, 2000 Share Posted August 8, 2000 "D-Day: June 6, 1944," by Stephen Ambrose; Also for an 'up-close and personal' look at combat in various conflicts: "The Face of Battle," by John Keegan. Any of the Cornelius Ryan books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devils Posted August 9, 2000 Share Posted August 9, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by streamkeeper: Stepen E. Ambrose "Citizen Solider" covers the same portion of the war as CM. Great complimentary book for the game. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am re-reading it right now because I bought CM last week. I am up to the Siegfried Line portion and its material makes for some great scenarios. ------------------ I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take all of you prisoner. Was there anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobVarak Posted August 9, 2000 Share Posted August 9, 2000 Check out my new CM Reading List http://www.siteonsound.com/CMReadingList.htm ------------------ Rob Varak Editor Site on Sound: The Web's Premier Site For Musical Discussion www.siteonsound.com CM Recommended Reading List Moderator www.siteonsound.com/CMReadingList.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Posted August 9, 2000 Share Posted August 9, 2000 I am reading Len Deighton's "Blitzkrieg". It deals with the rise of Hitler and the first part of the war up to Dunkirk. Mostly just a FYI type book, but it does go into detail about the types of tanks they built (PzKw II - PzKw IV), different types of weapons(artillery, FLAK, etc.), and some tactics and strategy about tank warfare. It talks about why certain tanks have different guns, etc. Pretty good read. ------------------ To conquer others is to have power, To conquer yourself is to have strength. -Lao Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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