Название: Up Close and Personal: The Reality of Close-quarter Fighting in World War II
Автор: David Lee
Издательство: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1853676683
Год: 2006
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 46,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

This gripping book is about what it was really like to fight at the sharp end in World War II. In 1947, US General S. L. A Marshall controversially wrote that out of every one hundred combat soldiers only fifteen to twenty-five actually fired their weapons at the enemy, because of the innate human reluctance to take another's life. Others maintained the opposite view that soldiers enjoyed killing. David Lee demonstrates that the situation was far more complex than either of these positions, arguing that the crucial factor for a unit s success in battle was the type of training it received. To illustrate this Lee covers actions from each theatre of the war, in depth and with comprehensive coverage of weapons and tactics.