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Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps: Historical Study
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Fascinating. It's interesting that when the enemy apparently has superior tactical knowledge of the area of combat (forest/swamp), it's rationalized as "the certain instinct and sense of security of an animal, whereas any soldier reared and trained in a civilized country was severely restricted in his movements and thereby placed at a disadvantage." And that, "Even the most thorough training applied to troops from the West cannot replace the natural instinct peculiar to Eastern Europeans who were born and raised in a region of forests and swamps." (Quoting from the Forward.) A little bit of
untermensch thinking here??
One can imagine a U.S. commander saying the same about the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars, or a British commander saying the same about Francis Marion's partisans during the AWI, or a Massachusetts Bay colonist saying the same about the Wampanoag during New England's King Philip's War of the 1670s.?
Thanks for sharing!
B.?
On June 16, 2020 at 9:27 AM cscholti <cscholti@...> wrote: ? |
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The Preface says:
"The reader is reminded that publications in the GERMAN REPORT SERIES were written by Germans from the German point of view. Throughout this pamphlet, any mention of ¡°normal methods¡± or standard infantry tactics refers to German combat doctrines, and applies to units organized and equipped in accordance with German regulations. Similarly, the recommendations contained in the final section are made against the background of German methods of individual and unit training before and during World War II." So it's going to have a decidedly German point of view. Chuck |
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