The Chaco war, 1932-1935 : fighting in green hell /
Two very different military concepts faced each other. The German General Hans Kundt, a First World War veteran, hired by the Bolivian Government, was a proponent of the typical Prussian tactics of front attacks regardless of cost, but also of the strategy of taking and controlling as much territory...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Warwick, England :
Helion & Company Limited,
2020.
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| Series: | Latin America @ war ;
no. 20. |
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| Summary: | Two very different military concepts faced each other. The German General Hans Kundt, a First World War veteran, hired by the Bolivian Government, was a proponent of the typical Prussian tactics of front attacks regardless of cost, but also of the strategy of taking and controlling as much territory as possible without annihilating the enemy.The Paraguayan Lieutenant-Colonel José Felix Estigarribia, later promoted to Colonel, and then General, took his specialization courses in Chile and France, and was a proponent of tactics of using trench warfare for defense, and flanking the enemy when in the offensive. Eventually, Estigarribia's ideas proved their worth, partially because his forces managed to capture huge stocks of Bolivian arms and ammunition throughout the war. |
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| Item Description: | Cover title. |
| Physical Description: | 64 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 63). |
| ISBN: | 9781913118730 1913118738 |