Reconographers - Intelligence and Reconnaissance in British Tank Operations on the Western Front 1916-18Pevná vazba
Reconographers - Intelligence and Reconnaissance in British Tank Operations on the Western Front 1916-18Pevná vazba This is the first book devoted to the subject of reconnaissance in the nascent Tank…
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Reconographers - Intelligence and Reconnaissance in British Tank Operations on the Western Front 1916-18Pevná vazba
This is the first book devoted to the subject of reconnaissance in the nascent Tank Corps in the Great War. This is also the first attempt to provide a conceptual framework in which to consider intelligence and reconnaissance work and to see it in the broader context of military reconnaissance. It is a neglected field in spite of passing references to reconnaissance in a number of early books on the history of the Tank Corps.
The introduction of the tanks on the Western Front in 1916 launched a new form of armored warfare. Adding the term 'Reconography' to the military lexicon draws attention to a little-known monograph on the subject which has never entered the popular domain before now. After their baptism on 15 September 1916, the tanks became dependent on a few reconnaissance officers to guide them into action.
The importance of these officers was fully recognized within the Tank