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Informationen zum Autor Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments before retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas. Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK. Klappentext Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two world wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. Gordon L. Rottman provides an informative study of the use of small radios, field telephones, signal flares and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield. Vorwort For the first time, an accessible, illustrated explanation of the specifics of how soldiers in World War II were able to communicate in battle - with each other, with tanks, and with supporting artillery and aircraft. Zusammenfassung Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two World Wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. This book provides an informative study of the use of small radios, signal flares, and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield. Inhaltsverzeichnis The state of the art in 1939 / The basic means: messengers, manpack radios, vehicle radios, field telephones, signal pistols and flares, colored smoke, air/ground signals / Capabilities and limitations / Basic procedures / Countermeasures: interception and jamming / National specifics of equipment and procedures: US, UK, Soviet, German, Japanese and wartime developments...
