Tactical Wargamer Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Looking for a few good books that have decent accounts of tactical combat in WWII. Any recommendations. Can be historical ficition...... Thanks guys. Have to burn up some Xmas gifts on Amazon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 This might prove timely. It gives a good description of how the hedgerows were overcome as well as the solutions to various other tactical problems. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 "Battle" by Kenneth Macksey. http://catalog.ebay.com/Anatomy-Battle-Kenneth-MacKsey-1974-Book-Illustrated-/2999775 On amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-battle-Kenneth-Macksey/dp/0812816501 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuirassier Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Several of the US greenbooks are good (they can be found online), as is this article: http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/resources/csi/doubler/doubler.asp#30 Here is a small AAR of the Hill 192 attack during the St. Lo campaign: http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p124201coll2&CISOPTR=429 Here is also a great source about small unit actions: http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/smallunit/smallunit-fm.htm Here is some stuff about 9 RTR during the campaign in the west: http://www.royaltankregiment.com/9_RTR/tech/War%20diary/War%20Diary%20Jun%2044%20to%20Jun%2045.htm The lone sentry website also has some interesting tactical articles about German forces too, if you want something else. In any case, they are all online and therefore very accessible. If you really want to get into the nitty-gritty of German tactics and organization, I suggest looking at this site:http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75/data.htm Click on the German narratives; these narratives give the detailed daily orders, reports and actions of the German divisions that launched the southern drive of Citadel. Its a lot of info, but it really shows how the Kampfgruppe system worked. As for books, I have repeatedly heard that Agar Hamilton's Sidi Rezegh battles is among the best for describing tactical combat, though I haven't read it myself yet. Very hard to find in libraries and quite expensive to buy, though. Jentz's two volumes "Panzertruppen" give some decent tactical accounts, lessons learned etc. Stephen Newton also has some decent books. I also found Ian Daglish (he has a number of books covering Brit forces in Normandy) that give some pretty good tactical detail. His book on Epsom is superb, as it includes detailed maps and actual photographs of the terrain. Needless to say, a great resource for making CM battles. There are a number of divisional histories out there as well that will give you tactical detail, though it of course varies from history to history. Hope this helps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You could look at Osprey's "Into the Reich". Perhaps not tactical enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 A pretty good one (actually, one of the best I've read) is our own http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage_bfc&product_id=89&category_id=23&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 from the Battlefront Bookshelf, which came out together with CM Afrika Korps. Even though focussed on North Africa and Italy, it does provide for some excellent reading. We also have Bibliographies for CMBB and CMAK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Your right Moon that book is a little cracker with more action in it than most books. But then an anthology of the best bits should! : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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