German Infantryman vs British Infantryman: France 1940 (Combat), by David Greentree
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When Hitler's forces poured into France and the Low Countries in 1940, the uneasy peace of the 'Phoney War' was shattered, and Europe was ripped apart by another Blitzkrieg. Forming the backbone of the German advance were the mobile, well-equipped Schützen (Rifles), motorized infantry who embodied the essence of the fluid, swift warfare that had characterized World War II thus far. Facing them were infantrymen of the British Expeditionary Force, units of considerable fighting quality who had nevertheless had no special training or doctrinal instruction to conduct combined-arms warfare in conjunction with armor.
This study investigates the clash between the two adversaries at small-unit level, recreating the ferocity of the fighting on the front lines of the Battle of France. It assesses the training, organization and unit ethos of both sides in the context of a new type of mobile warfare, and reveals the extraordinary difficulties encountered by infantry units in trying to remain in contact with their armored and mechanized formations. Drawing on first-hand combat reports and iluminative illustrations, it focuses on three key clashes at Arras, Calais and Merville and goes onto explore the important lessons learned by both sides about the nature of combined-arms warfare.
German Infantryman vs British Infantryman: France 1940 (Combat), by David Greentree- Amazon Sales Rank: #543180 in Books
- Brand: Combat
- Published on: 2015-10-20
- Released on: 2015-10-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.89" h x .30" w x 7.31" l, .81 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 80 pages
About the Author David Greentree graduated in History at York before taking an MA in War Studies from King's College London and qualifying as a lecturer in Further Education. In 1995 he accepted a commission in the Royal Air Force and has served in a variety of locations, including Afghanistan and Oman. The author lives in Hampshire, UK.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Stilted account. By Stone Dog In this Osprey "Combat" title, "German Infantryman vs. British Infantryman", author David Greentree purports to compare the opponents in the French 1940 campaign. This book has all the period photos and color plates Osprey is known for.The book looks at both sides in regard to training, weapons, tactics developed between the wars as both militaries attempted to look into the future and prepare for the next war. Then, the author moves on to three engagements: Arras, Calais and Merville. The narrative is completed by a "lessons learned" section for both sides.My problem with this book is that it's awfully short on infantry combat. Arras certainly wasn't infantry-vs-infantry as the author himself admits that the British armor moved ahead of their infantry and lost contact with them. The other two engagements are in urban environments and tell the reader little that can show difference between the two sides and their respective infantry doctrine as his focus seems to be on armor and mechanization to a large degree. The author does a generally poor job of looking at infantry doctrine in the interwar period, instead he looks at armor and mechanized doctrine.The author, from the UK, to be frank seemed to cherry-pick engagements to favor British performance. There are first-person accounts, but the German accounts are from a higher level while the British are from infantrymen so you don't really get an idea of German performance from the level of the "grunt" in the case of the Landser. The author really doesn't look effectively at the different militaries' doctrine on infantry where the British essentially had none while the Germans had an efficient and recent starting point in the "Strosstrupp tactics" from WWI.In conclusion, I think the author did the reader a disservice by presenting France 1940 as anything other than the disaster it was for the British and French. I think the author had an excellent opportunity to show the difference between a military encouraging initiative, aggressiveness and offensive-mindedness with one that didn't trust the infantryman to make decisions on his won and required that he rigidly adhere to a plan from above - even when it was failing. This book just doesn't do that and I cannot recommend it. Three stars.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Clash of arms... By HMS Warspite The German invasion of France and the Low Countries in May 1940 brought into violent collision the infantrymen of the German and British armies. In this Osprey Combat Series book, author David Greentree studies their head to head combats at Arras, Calais, and Merville, as the German Army closed in for the kill of the British Expeditionary Force, while British units fought to protect the evacuation beaches at Dunkirk.The two armies had very different experiences in the interval between the First and Second World Wars. German, held to a small military by the Treaty of Versailles, developed a highly professionalized force that developed considerable expertise in modern combined arms task forces. The British experimented with various ideas that grew out of their experience in the First World War, but failed to prepare a large modern army for the Second World War. Individual soldiers and units on both sides would fight well, but it is a takeaway of this excellent account that the Germans were better prepared on the day for the first fight.A third of the book is devoted to introducing the two armies and how they got to France in 1940. The actual combats are the heart of the narrative, and these fights seem a decent representative sample. The author's analysis and conclusions are nuanced and worthwhile. The book includes an excellent selection of period photographs, maps, and diagrams. "German Infantryman versus British Infantryman" is not the full story of May, 1940, but it does offer some good insights into the soldiers who fought the conflict.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By Charles Ockrassa As anticipated
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