Landships II

Folks,

I've been given the OK to run this notice by the site moderator.  I'm a military historian and have turned to producing translations of a wide variety of French military works.   I have just completed the translation of a number of French histories of their armored units and operations in WWI.  Those works are:

FRENCH ARMOR IN WORLD WAR I Vol. 1. (Exploits of the French 502nd, 506th and 507th Tank Regiments)  68 pages, 6 B&W photographs     
This is a compilation of three regimental histories originally published around 1922 that talks about the organization and operations of the three light tank regiments (502nd, 506th, & 507th).  It includes detailed accounts of individuals, plus various citations of officers and enlisted who performed beyond the call of duty.  This is the first of a series of works to be published on the history of French armor in World War I.

FRENCH ARMOR IN WORLD WAR I Vol. 2. (Examples of the Employment of Tanks in the Great War 1914-1918) By the Center for the Study of Tanks in Combat, 56 pages,24 B&w photographs
This is the second in the series on French armor in World War I.  It is a French staff study of armor operations in the 16 April 1917 Offensive, the English at Cambrai in November 1917,  the counter offensive of the X Army in July 1918, and discusses the Offensive of the IV Army in Champagne on 26 September 1918.

It provides the organization of the French forces in the two French operations, examines the details of the battles, and provides a list of the lessons learned.

FRENCH ARMOR: Its Creation in and Role in the Great War, By Captain Dutil,
Vol. 1. 103 pages, 16 photographs and maps,
Vol. 2. 93 pages,  23 photographs and  maps.

This work is a study on the origination, development, and operations of the French tanks; Schneiders, Saint-Chamonds, and Renault tanks.  Volume 1 covers the early history and development processes, the bureaucratic issues, testing, technical problems and the early operations of these early fighting vehicles.  Its discussion of operations ends in June 1918 and it discusses every (and I mean every) action where French tanks were engaged is discussed, with supporting maps, identification of the armor units involved, most of the associated infantry units involved with those attacks are identified, and the objectives involved are identified.
Volume 2 focuses on the operational employment of French tanks in World War I, picking up with the operations of July 1918 and the "turning point" of the war.  Every (and I mean every) action where French tanks were engaged is discussed, with supporting maps, identification of the armor units involved, most of the associated infantry units involved with those attacks are identified, and the objectives involved are identified.  This last volume also provides a discussion of German attitudes towards the tank attacks made against them and the counter measures they took.  Oh and it does talk about the French tanks operating with the Americans and there is even a mention of George S. Patton.

They can be acquired by going to http://www.nafzigercollection.com/

George Nafziger