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US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications 1941–53

By Ian Palmer , Gordon L. Rottman

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841768120, 184176812X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
41 MB (42713610 bytes)
Series
Fortress 29
Pages
64\67
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
World War 2;Modern Warfare;War;History

Description

The US Army and Marine Corps in World War II considered themselves highly mobile, offensive forces. Their mobile-warfare doctrine envisioned field fortifications and obstacles as temporary in nature. As a result, their design was simple and made use of local materials, and they could be constructed comparatively quickly, whilst still providing adequate protection. By the time of the Korean War, only minor changes had been made to field fortification construction and layout, and to small-unit organization, weapons, and tactics. This title addresses field fortifications built by US infantrymen during World War II and in Korea, and covers rifle-platoon positions, trenches, crew-served weapon positions, bunkers, dugouts, shelters, observation posts and anti-tank obstacles.

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