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Battling the Elements:

Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War
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Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.

Contents:

1 Storms, Fair Weather, and Chance
Kamikazes, Dunkirk, and Normandy
2 Too Much and Too Wet
The Civil War Mud March and Flander's Fields
3 Clouds and Fog
The Bulge and Khe Sanh
4 Invading Another Climate as Seasons Change
Napoleon and Hitler Russia
5 Forests and Jungles
The Wilderness and the Ia Drang Valley
6 Terrains and Corridors
The American Civil War's Eastern Theater and World War I Verdun
7 Troubled Waters
River Crossings at Arnhem and Remagen
8 Glaciers Shape the Land
Alpine Fighting and the Road to Moscow
9 Peninsulas and Sea Coasts
Anzio and Inchon
10 Island Battles
Tarawa and Iwo Jima
11 Hot, Wet, and Sick
New Guinea and Dien Bien Phu
12 Heat, Rock, and Sand
The Western Desert and the Sinai

""An excellent book and an important addition to the library of serious students of the military art... Well written, educational, multidisciplinary, and interesting.""

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