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Paperback Cassell Military Classics: Seize and Hold: Master Strokes on the Battlefield Book

ISBN: 0304351709

ISBN13: 9780304351701

Cassell Military Classics: Seize and Hold: Master Strokes on the Battlefield

"Seize and hold" operations--or the capture of a bridge or castle in order to debilitate the enemy--have been vital ploys in warfare throughout history. Speed, surprise, and sufficient firepower are necessities to accomplish the task. From the bungled attempt by the Russians to destroy Japanese facilities in 1904 to the Ia Drang Valley Campaign in 1965, here are more than 60 years' worth of military attempts to seize the day--in World Wars One and...

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Nice, Brief Overview of Famous Battles

This book (and two others like it - Glorious Defiance and At All Costs) is a good book for indroductions to several somewhat obscure battles with a similar theme. Sieze and Hold covers battles where a small, elite force has to secure a specific objective (hill, bridge, etc.) and defend it against counter attack. This book covers the following battles:The Romanian Campaign of 1916 Rommel's the battle of Caporetto, Italy...

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