Terence Zuber's The Mons Myth: A Reassessment of the Battle PDF

By Terence Zuber

ISBN-10: 0752452479

ISBN-13: 9780752452470

traditional histories of the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau describe how, even supposing the British have been vastly outnumbered, certain and swift rifle fireplace mowed down rows of German troops: the astounding casualties inflicted made either British victories, and set the degree for the conflict of the Marne. yet neither come upon has ever been defined in English from the German perspective. utilizing German strategies manuals and regimental histories, Terence Zuber re-examines the battles at Mons and Le Cateau, subjecting British strategies to a critique that is going past admiration for fast rifle fireplace and providing new and startling views, exhibiting how the Germans hired a excessive measure of tactical sophistication in engaging in combined-arms operations. the chances have been, in truth, even, and German casualties by no means reached the degrees defined within the general histories. 'The Mons delusion' is the 1st heritage of those battles to take this method in 90 years, and fully alterations our figuring out of what truly happened.

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