Eastern Front: Night Combat (Eastern Front from Primary Sources) - Softcover

Carruthers, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781592225 ISBN 13: 9781781592229

Publisher: Pen and Sword, 2013

Synopsis

With the onset of the Cold War the pool of hard won knowledge gained by the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front was invaluable and had to be collected and systematically recycled to the US and British forces as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.

The extensive interview program eventually appeared as the German Report Series and today they represent a fascinating glimpse from the operational and tactical viewpoint of the war in the east at the sharp end.

Featured is a detailed report on the principles of Russian and German night combat tactics, and an in-depth training manual written from the German point of view.

Combining contemporary reports of the key characteristics of night combat with more obscure aspects, including how to use your eyes at night, driving equipment and evasive tactics, this excellent survey of sources builds into an absorbing account of night combat methods drawn exclusively from original wartime reports.

This new compilation is essential reading for anyone interested in discovering rare and vital information on the combat experience on the Eastern Front from primary sources.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Carruthers is an Emmy Award winning author and historian, who has written extensively on the Great War. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Bob is the author of a number of military history titles including the Amazon best seller The Wehrmacht in Russia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen and Sword
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781592225
• ISBN 13: 9781781592229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144