James Lucas (1923–2002)
Auteur de Last Days of the Reich: The Collapse of Nazi Germany, May 1945
A propos de l'auteur
James Lucas fought with the British infantry in the Second World War. After the war he developed close contacts with German ex-servicemen, enabling him to undertake the extensive research that underlies the success of his many books. Lucas received international acclaim as one of the leading afficher plus experts on all aspects of German military conduct in WWII. afficher moins
Œuvres de James Lucas
The Last Year of the German Army May 1944-May 1945 (Last year of the Luftwaffe/Kreigsmarine) (1994) 45 exemplaires
Rommel's Year of Victory: The Wartime Illustrations of the Afrika Korps by Kurt Caesar (1998) 14 exemplaires
Fighting Troops of the Austro-Hungarian Army, 1868-1914 (Militaria Pictorial History) (1987) 9 exemplaires
Die Wehrmacht von 1939-1945 1 exemplaire
German mountain troops 1 exemplaire
A Holy Jealousy 1 exemplaire
When My Teenager And I Try to Talk . . . 1 exemplaire
Surrency 1 exemplaire
Pro-Active Parenting 1 exemplaire
HITLEROVY HORSKÉ JEDNOTKY 1 exemplaire
Watchstar 1 exemplaire
shoulder ARMS 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Lucas, James Sidney
- Date de naissance
- 1923
- Date de décès
- 2002
- Sexe
- male
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- Œuvres
- 49
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- 3
- Membres
- 1,567
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- #16,470
- Évaluation
- 3.8
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From all of the special forces mentioned it is clear that only army units had an actual effect on the battlefield. Brandenburgers, parachute forces and Skorzeny's commandos fought from the start of the war and were involved in some daring and (as end approached) some quite outrageous operations. They were the nucleus of the German special forces and had the necessary training and attitude for the dangerous mission they were sent into.
Navy midget-submarine units and majority of air force specialist forces acted very much like Kamikaze - fighting with inadequate and quite dangerous technology they were more danger to themselves than to the enemy. This was the first time I heard about the air force ramming squads - it just shows how desperate Nazi regime became at the end and how ready they were to spend the lives of their own people (if they could not rule then everything should go to dust).
Less said about the disaster called Werewolf the better.
Author gives a very detail picture how well trained, specialist force quickly degenerated through attrition and mad-supreme-command into a rag tag force tasked with the impossible.
I have to agree with author's final sentence in this book - Germans showed they were apt at unconventional warfare but due to internal Nazi party conflicts and lack of specialized equipment and weapons these forces did not fully develop. And thank God for that.
Recommended to all interested in WW2 and special forces.… (plus d'informations)