GERMAN REPORT SERIES: OPERATIONS OF ENCIRCLED FORCESGerman Experiences in Ru...

\n\nGERMAN REPORT SERIES: OPERATIONS OF ENCIRCLED FORCES\nGerman Experiences in Russia\n\nGERMAN REPORT SERIES: OPERATIONS OF ENCIRCLED FORCES\nGerman Experiences in Russia\n\nThis 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 1944-1945. The main author, for instance, saw action before Leningrad, near Voronezh, and later at Stalingrad. Towards the end of the war, he served successively as chief of staff of Army Groups North and Centre, during their withdrawal from Russia.\n\nIn addition to discussing the tactical and logistical problems peculiar to operations of encircled forces, the authors take issue with Hitler\u2019s conviction that significant advantage can be gained by leaving isolated forces behind the advancing enem;