Looking at the lessons learned by the German Army during Operation Barbarossa. For this we look at a document from the General of the Infantry in the German Army High Command on "Notes for Infantry Training based upon the experiences from the Eastern Campaign".

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00:12 – Poland 1939: A German Failure? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfn5k_JGpc
01:42 – Barbarossa without a Hindsight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQdjGJJktfk
03:20 – German Artillery Tactics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VY10gfnrTQ
04:25 – German Defensive Tactics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtwa9MNom0
08:37 – Hip-Firing the MG 34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVEXBeA-eI
10:29 – Top Red Army Myths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzsKnKcb1-A


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» SOURCES «

TsAMO: F 500, Op. 12451, D 173: Oberkommando des Heeres, Gen. St. d. H. / Gen. d. Inf.: Hinweise für die Ausbildung der Infanterie auf Grund der Erfahrungen des Ostfeldzuges. 1. 3. 1942.

Wettstein, Adrian; Rutherford, Jeff: The German Army on the Eastern Front: An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War. Pen and Sword Military, 2018.

Lidschun, Reiner; Wollert, Günter: Infanteriewaffen. Illustrierte Enzyklopädie der Infanteriewaffen aus aller Welt bis 1945. Parragon: Bath, UK, o. J. (1991).

Raths, Ralf: Vom Massensturm zur Stroßtrupptaktik. Die deutsche Landkriegtaktik im Spiegel von Dienstvorschriften und Publizistik 1906 bis 1918. ZMSBw: Potsdam, Deutschland, 2019 (2009).

Kühlwein, Fritz: Die Gruppe im Gefecht. (Die neue Gruppe). E. S. Mittler & Sohn: Berlin, 1940.

H. Dv. 130/2a: Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Infanterie. Heft 2a: Die Schützenkompanie. Verlag Offene Worte: Berlin, 1941

Condell, Bruce (ed.); Zabecki, David T. (ed.): On the German Art of War. Truppenführung. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, 2009 (2001).

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