Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!amdcad!military From: djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Learning in War Message-ID: <27492@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 26 Sep 89 08:20:08 GMT References: <27388@amdcad.AMD.COM> <27442@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: cdr@amdcad.AMD.COM Organization: Edinburgh University Chemistry Lines: 14 Approved: military@amdcad.amd.com From: D MurphyIn article <27442@amdcad.AMD.COM> adrian%cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK (Adrian Hurt) writes: >What they didn't have was much idea of what Germany would do with its tanks >and aircraft. Which was funny really, given that Guderian had published his book on the use of armour in the mid 1920's. Apparently Patton read this (as well, of course, as Rommel) and got the ideas for the tactics he used in North Africa. Murff....