Operations of Encircled Forces: German Experiences in Russia

23 cm, 74, wraps, maps, bookplate. Appendix: Air Support of Encircled Forces. Marked: RESTRICTED Security Information. This pamphlet supersedes MS T-12, "Operations of Encircled Forces," which was given a limited distribution by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Special Staff, U. S. Army. This pamphlet was prepared by a committee of former German officers under the supervision of the Historical Division, EUCOM. Among the contributors were former corps commanders and general staff officers at corps, army, and army group level, who had extensive experience on the Russian front during the period 1941-45. The main author saw action before Leningrad, near Voronezh, and later at Stalingrad. Toward the end of the war he served successively as chief of staff of Army Groups North and Center, during their withdrawal from Russia. The problems of air support for encircled ground troops are described in a separate appendix. The reader is reminded that publications in the German Report Series were written by Germans from the German point of view and are presented without interpretation by American personnel. Minor changes in form and in chapter headings have been made to secure greater clarity.…