Types Of Special Force From Each Country

In World War II the Germans had better tanks than the allies did. The German tanks had stronger armor. They had bigger guns, and a better gun range. They also used better tactics, and their thank crew were better trained with more skills.

The Allies rallied an offensive for the liberation of France in late September 1915. This resulted in a stalemate between the powers, inflicting heavy casualties on the Allied and Central Powers. This fierce battling with no progression continued into late 1916, when the Germans became concerned at the amount of the allied forces on the western front and the invention of the tank - technology that Germany

D) resulted in a massive Russian offensive fueled by the numerical superiority of Russian armies.

Reserve Police Battalion 101 was made up of approximately 500 men most from working and lower-middle-class neighborhoods in Hamburg Germany. They were police reservists, not trained in combat, some of whom worked with and had been friendly with Jews before the war.

Russian inability to recognize changing tactics and weapons of modern warfare is inexcusable but sadly explainable. Because the Czar tended to centralize power and surround himself with "yes men," he missed the good advice of those in his country who could have helped guide Russia into war. Some of these choices can also be blamed on misconceptions of Russian capabilities, and of its military identity. The military reforms that were not completely halted by inept leaders were otherwise thwarted by the lack of details with which an army mobilizes and fights. Details were not an important aspect for Russian pre-war strategy or estimations.

The changes in the technology of warfare produced new types of units to replace the old ones. As a result, soldiers were often tasked with serving in a regiment with little or no history. Such was the case with the 69th New York Infantry, the “Fighting Irish”, a regiment that traces its roots to 1775. In 1917 preceding deployment in the First World War, the 69th New York Infantry Regiment was

During America’s history many battalions, brigades, and infantries have been created to aid in any war or battle. The 107th Infantry regiment was formerly known as 7th New York Infantry. The 7th Infantry fought in numerous civil war battles and skirmishes (Civil War Archive). It was later changed to “The New York National Guard Regiment that saw action in a number of conflicts, including the, the Mexican Border Dispute of 1916, World War I, and World War II (107th Infantry Regiment).” The most significant fighting of the infantry was in World WAR 1. Many war stories and occurrences are recounted in the famous book History of the 107th Infantry U.S.A, authored and compiled by Gerald F. Jacobson. A famous anecdote form the book was about Jacobson being called to from the Mexican border on a horse to fly overseas to be a machine gunner. The book says “"It was a radical and, at first, not altogether a pleasant change from the equipment and animals of cavalry to the theoretical equipment of machine

)although the planes helped the allies bitter fighting would still continue. Although the Germans had an upper hand on the Allies on the ground, they had heavy tanks or the king tiger tank it was introduced in 1944 the king tiger tank was one of the most feared weapons on the battle field. It boasted an 88mm cannon. Compared to the Americans 75mm cannon the tiger also had a longer barrel which increased the velocity of the 88mm gun. The tiger not only had a big gun it had a lot of armor with 150mm of frontal armor.

The 15th Regiment was one of the most decorated units in World War 2. The unit was first developed in mid july of 1798 for the “Quasi-War” and has been in and out of use since then, having the most recent use being “The War On Terrorism.” The 15th Regiment is a combat unit in the army based on exiling all of the possible enemies and protecting the allies the unit also worked aside the 3rd Regiment. In World War 2 the 15th Regiment was not a very hard unit to join. All you needed to do to join was complete basic training for 13 weeks and then complete advanced infantry training. But although it was an easy unit to join it was one of the most effective units in the U.S army during World War 2, most likely taking out over 28,000 nazi soldiers.

The Devil’s Brigade, also known as the 1st Special Service Force, was a Canadian-American unit trained in mountaineering, airborne, and close-combat skills that operated mostly in Italy and France. They excelled at close-quarters combat with numerically superior forces.

Imagine being on a boat headed to Normandy, France with 160,000 other American, British and Canadian forces. There are planes flying overhead and there’s a tank on your boat and all the other boats have tanks. Then you hear your platoon leader saying “Men, we’re on our way to a heavily fortified beach head to take control of the beachhead. Securing the beachhead will help us stop Hitler’s plan to conquer the world for himself.” When they were at the beach they had to keep their heads low until the door opens and let the tank get through first so they could take cover behind it. “And men, good luck out there.”

     In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. These forces would drive a breach in enemy defenses, permitting armored tank divisions to penetrate rapidly and roam freely behind enemy lines, causing shock and

Leading into the Fall of 1914, tactics on both sides of the line involved the rapid mobilization, maneuver and envelopment of the opposing side.10 Pre-1914 doctrine took little into account the effects of emerging new technology and their impact on both defensive and offensive operations. This disconnect between doctrine and technology contributed to the failure of early offensive operations in the Fall of 1914 and resulted in staggering casualties.11 Both sides developed doctrine that took into effect the unique terrain and technology that had been developed prior and during World War I. However by the end of the war, a combination of flexibility, decentralized control, and counterattack at every echelon made the German defensive system the most effective.12 This “elastic defense” had three unique characteristics; dedicated counter-attack force at all levels, decentralized command and control, fluid defensive belts and integrated artillery support at the Division level. Under this new doctrine, Corps headquarters had the role sustaining subordinate units, but not directing their actions during battle.13 This defense-in-depth and the lessons learned during the Verdun battles of 1918 were so successful that British forces adopted many of the German tactics with a special emphasis on their counterattack capability.10 Utilizing the new doctrine, by August 1918, Germany had made substantial gains, however had

The tanks did not prove to be effective enough, however, to provide a deep enough penetration into German lines for cavalry to exploit the opening. The tanks were prone to being lodged in impassable terrain, breakdowns and vulnerable to artillery fire. This failure led to the disappointment of the CCB and the entire Battle of Cambrai that saw no permanent gains for the BEF. What the battle did establish was the use of combined arms and the mass use of tanks that would “set the tone for future operations in 1918”.

From observations from the battlefield and experimentation the Allies developed a number of tactics that allowed them to gain substantially more ground than in the past while reducing the number of casualties. To reduce wastage, the number of soldiers killed during a normal day, the French adopted the use of “difeme en profondeur (defence in depth)…” (Smith 195). The British, also, developed the tactic Bite and Hold that centered on advancing troops only as far as they could hold, which reduced the chance of a successful German counterattack. Both the British and French developed the creeping barrage to force the Germans defenders to stay under cover until the attackers advanced up to the German lines. With these new tactics and more available to them the allies could