US Combat Engineer 1941-1945 [Osprey Warrior 147]

✍ Scribed by Gordon L Rottman

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing Ltd
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 65
• Series: Osprey Warrior 147
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Описание (About this book): At its peak in World War II, the United States Army contained over 700 engineer battalions, along with numerous independent brigades and regiments. The specialized soldiers of the Engineers were tasked with a wide variety of crucially important tasks including river bridging, camouflage, airfield construction, and water and petroleum supply. However, despite their important support roles, the engineers were often employed on the front lines fighting beside the general infantry in the desperate battles of the European theatre. This book covers the role of these soldiers, from their recruitment and training, through their various support missions and combat experiences, forming an account of what it was truly like to be a combat engineer in World War II.

✦ Table of Contents

US COMBAT ENGINEER 1941-45 - OSPREY, 2010
......Page 1
Title
......Page 2
Copyright & Notes
......Page 3
Contents
......Page 4
INTRODUCTION......Page 5
Pre-military training......Page 6
Conscription......Page 9
Basic training
......Page 11
Unit training
......Page 18
Barracks life......Page 20
Garrison chow
......Page 22
Work details and duty
......Page 23
Individual equipment......Page 25
Engineer equipment
......Page 27
Weapons......Page 30
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
......Page 33
The combat engineer battalion......Page 39
Engineers as ad hoc infantry
......Page 45
Life in the field
......Page 46
Field rations
......Page 47
River crossing (France, August)
......Page 51
Barricade breaching (Germany, September)
......Page 55
Roadblock clearance (Germany, November)
......Page 59
THE AFTERMATH OF BATTLE
......Page 61
Bibliography
......Page 64
Index
......Page 65

✦ Subjects

Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;Osprey Warrior;