Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery

Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword by J.B.A. Bailey Introduction Artillery Combat in the First World War The Tactical and Technological Environment The Phases of Artillery Use in World War I Riga: Movement Returns to the Battlefield The Man Who Synchronized Fire and Maneuver Bruchmuller's Tactics Neutralization Organization for Combat Preparation of the Battlefield Combined Arms Coordination Operational Security and Surprise Fire Support Planning Fire Support for Ludendorff's 1918 Offensives The St. Quentin Offensive The Lys Offensive The Chemin des Dames Offensive The Noyon Offensive The Champagne-Marne Offensive The Aftermath Bruchmuller's Legacy Bruchmuller's Lessons of the (First) World War Influence on the German Army Influence on the British, French, and U.S. Armies Influence on the Russian and Soviet Armies Echoes of Bruchmuller Epilogue Appendix A: The Military Career of Georg Bruchmuller Appendix B: Bruchmuller's Military Decorations and Orders Appendix C: Bruchmuller's World War I Staff Appendix D: The Imperial German Artillery in the First World War Appendix E: Glossary of World War I Era Artillery and Military Terms Bibliography IndexDavid T. Zabecki Ph.D. is the author of 'Steel Wind: Colonel Georg Bruchmuller and the Birth of Modern Artillery', published 1994 under ISBN 9780275947507 and ISBN 0275947505.