The Anvil of War: German Generalship in Defence on the Eastern

Anvil of War: German Generalship in Defence on the Eastern FrontAuthor(s): Peter Tsouras\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Frontline Books\nISBN-13: 9781848328709, 978-1848328709\nSynopsis\nThe Anvil of War details the German strategies and tactics employed by the commanders on the cataclysmic Russian Front in the Second World War. Monographs by two officers who served in Russia - Military Improvisations during the Russian Campaign and German Defense Tactics against Russian Breakthrough by General Erhard Rauss, and Operations of Encircled Forces by Generalleutnant Oldwig von Natzmer - show how the Germans adapted techniques to cope with their enemy's great numerical superiority, and managed to delay and sometimes drive back the 'steamroller' Russian forces during the German retreat in 1945. These reports were written as part of a [url] Army program instigated after the war by Colonel [url] Marshall of the Army Historical Division, who.