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Omar Bradley. Mari comandanți în al Doilea Război Mondial
Biografia, tacticile, strategiile și experiențele de luptă ale celor mai mari comandanți din al Doilea Război Mondial
Generalul Omar Bradley a fost cel mai bun comandant tactic din armata SUA pe teatrul european de operațiuni din al Doilea Război Mondial. Coleg de clasă cu Eisenhower la West Point, Bradley a fost comandantul american tipic, ajuns într-o funcție înaltă de conducere cu puțină experiență de luptă, dar cu o pregătire solidă de strateg și organizator talentat. În calitate de comandant al Armatei I și apoi al Grupului de armată XII, Bradley a fost în mijlocul tuturor victoriilor importante obținute de armata americană în 1944–1945, începând cu Ziua Z și terminând cu ultimele atacuri din Germania. Acest nou studiu analizează succesele sale mai importante, dar și campaniile mai puțin reușite, cum a fost crâncena luptă pentru pădurea Hürtgen și incapacitatea lui de a anticipa ofensiva germană din Ardeni.
Generalul Omar Bradley a fost cel mai bun comandant tactic din armata SUA pe teatrul european de operațiuni din al Doilea Război Mondial. Coleg de clasă cu Eisenhower la West Point, Bradley a fost comandantul american tipic, ajuns într-o funcție înaltă de conducere cu puțină experiență de luptă, dar cu o pregătire solidă de strateg și organizator talentat. În calitate de comandant al Armatei I și apoi al Grupului de armată XII, Bradley a fost în mijlocul tuturor victoriilor importante obținute de armata americană în 1944–1945, începând cu Ziua Z și terminând cu ultimele atacuri din Germania. Acest nou studiu analizează succesele sale mai importante, dar și campaniile mai puțin reușite, cum a fost crâncena luptă pentru pădurea Hürtgen și incapacitatea lui de a anticipa ofensiva germană din Ardeni.
- GenresHistoryWorld War II
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
About the author
Steven J. Zaloga
381 books77 followersSteven Zaloga is an author and defense analyst known worldwide for his articles and publications on military technology. He has written over a hundred books on military technology and military history, including “Armored Thunderbolt: The US Army Sherman in World War II”, one of the most highly regarded histories of the Sherman Tank. His books have been translated into Japanese, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Russian. He was a special correspondent for Jane’s Intelligence Review and is on the executive board of the Journal of Slavic Military Studies and the New York Military Affairs Symposium. From 1987 through 1992, he was the writer/producer for Video Ordnance Inc., preparing their TV series Firepower. He holds a BA in history from Union College and an MA in history from Columbia University.
Mr. Zaloga is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
Mr. Zaloga is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modelling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society.
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April 4, 2017
Bradley is interesting. Widely praised during and after the war, the last 20 years has seen a backlash that has depicted Bradley as unimaginative and passive-aggressive in his personal relations. Zaloga's short book offers a more balanced consideration of Bradley as a steady professional, but lacking in brilliance.
November 28, 2012
My grandfather Cortland had a lot of respect for General Omar Bradley. He was proud to say that her served under Bradley during the Normandy invasion. He even saw him on Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. The general was yelling at some sergeant for allowing the men to work without their helmets.
Omar Bradley commanded the entire American ground force during the Normandy invasion, yet he is often overlooked by those with casual interest in WWII history. Eisenhower, MacArther, and certainly Patton are the American generals who steal the spotlight. Osprey Publishing recently published a solid and short biography of Bradley in their Command series. In 64 pages the author presents Bradley's military career and a good sense of his quiet, yet determined personality. Zaloga condenses the general's history well, while still managing to highlight interesting details. For instance, the dour expression seen in Bradley's photographs is a result of losing his front teeth in a sports accident.
The book discusses Bradley's role in the strategy of the war in the Mediterranean and Europe, and his relationship with other Allied generals. It touches on his responsibilities in the Veterans Administration and his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Cold War. In addition to Bradley's war record, it was his management of the VA (which assisted GIs after the war) and his humble upbringing that won the respect of regular Joes like my grandfather.
Besides the war biographies written by the general himself, there have been very few texts devoted to Bradley. Zaloga offers a quick and comprehensive introduction to Omar Bradley, and he shares numerous seldom-seen photographs dug from the collections at the National Archives and the US Army Military History Institute.
Omar Bradley commanded the entire American ground force during the Normandy invasion, yet he is often overlooked by those with casual interest in WWII history. Eisenhower, MacArther, and certainly Patton are the American generals who steal the spotlight. Osprey Publishing recently published a solid and short biography of Bradley in their Command series. In 64 pages the author presents Bradley's military career and a good sense of his quiet, yet determined personality. Zaloga condenses the general's history well, while still managing to highlight interesting details. For instance, the dour expression seen in Bradley's photographs is a result of losing his front teeth in a sports accident.
The book discusses Bradley's role in the strategy of the war in the Mediterranean and Europe, and his relationship with other Allied generals. It touches on his responsibilities in the Veterans Administration and his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Cold War. In addition to Bradley's war record, it was his management of the VA (which assisted GIs after the war) and his humble upbringing that won the respect of regular Joes like my grandfather.
Besides the war biographies written by the general himself, there have been very few texts devoted to Bradley. Zaloga offers a quick and comprehensive introduction to Omar Bradley, and he shares numerous seldom-seen photographs dug from the collections at the National Archives and the US Army Military History Institute.
October 14, 2014
A reasonably good compilation of the man's career but seriously lacks an inside view of what the man thought and felt in momentous decisions. What did he feel sending men into battle? Was he really as stoic as he is described? There has to be more to a man who accomplished so much while attracting so little notoriety.
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