World War II Battlefield Communications by Rottman, Gordon - 2010

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 64 pages, ELI181. Perhaps the biggest difference in the fighting between the two world wars lay in the invention of the man-portable radio that allowed for a greater degree of tactical coordination than ever before. Gordon L. Rottman provides an informative study of the use of small radios, field telephones, signal flares and ground-to-air signaling that revolutionized the battlefield. Contents: The state of the art in 1939, The basic means: messengers, manpack radios, vehicle radios, field telephones, signal pistols and flares, colored smoke, air, ground signals, Capabilities and limitations, Basic procedures, Countermeasures: interception and jamming, National specifics of equipment and procedures: US, UK, Soviet, German, Japanese and wartime developments.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Dennis, Peter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.