German Defensive Tactics - Eastern Front
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Time to take a look at how the Wehrmacht setup defensive positions, at first, we take a look at the a position of a company in defense from a manual published in 1940. In the second part, we take a look at an example from January 1942, when the Germans were defending themselves with heavily depleted units on the Ostfront (Eastern Front) against the Soviet attacks. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « Kühlwein, Fritz: Die Gruppe im Gefecht (Die neue Gruppe). E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, 1940 H.Dv. 130/2a: Die Schützenkompanie. 16. März 1941 Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. University Press of Kansas: USA, 2015 Stahel, David: The Battle for Moscow. Cambridge University Press: UK, 2015. Oberkommando des Heeres: Erfahrungsberichte über die Kriegsführung im Winter und im Ortskampf. 1942. http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/996-akte-175-hinweise-des-okh-f-r-den-einsatz-der-infanterie-im-winter-und-zur-winterausbildung-so#page/1/mode/inspect/zoom/4 Buchner, Alex: Das Handbuch der deutschen Infanterie 1939-1945; Gliederung – Uniformen, Bewaffnung – Ausrüstung, Einsätze. Buchner, Alex: The German Infantry Handbook 1939-1945 Tank Archives: Tank Riders http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2013/09/tank-riders.html Reibert, W.: Der Dienstunterricht im Heere. Ausgabe für den Schützen der Schützenkompanie. E. S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, 1940 (Reprint: Naval & Military Press Ltd. German Army: 1939–1940 Organizational Symbols http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/symbols/_symbols_39.html » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate. #Tactics #WW2 #MilitaryHistory
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