A look at German battle tactics during their occupation of the Soviet Union.

Introduction : "The German soldier's war in Russia" --XXXXI Panzer Corps during the Battle of Moscow in 1941 as a component of Panzer Group 3 (Period: end of September 1941 to mid-January 1942) / by Hans Röttiger (corps chief of staff) -- Winter fighting of the 253d Infantry Division in the Rzhev area, 1941-1942 / by Otto Schellert (division commander) / The winter battle of Rzhev, Vyazma, and Yukhov, 1941-1942 / by Otto Dessloch (senior Luftwaffe commander) -- In snow and mud: 31 days of attack under Seydlitz during early spring of 1942 / by Gustav Höhne (division commander) -- Cavalry brigade 'model' / by Karl-Friedrich von der Meden (brigade commander) -- Breakthrough of III Panzer Corps through deeply echeloned Russian defenses (Kharkov, July 1943) / by Hermann Breith (corps commander) -- 21st Infantry Division : defensive combat, disengagement, and withdrawal from Volkhov to Pskov, January and February 1944 / by Herbert Gundelach (regimental commander) -- XXXXII Corps in the relief of Kovel (19 March-5 April 1944) / by Franz Mattenklott (corps commander) -- The advance and penetration of the 6th Panzer Division for the liberation and relief of encircled fighting forces west of Vilno on 15 and 16 July 1944 / by Rudolf von Waldenfels (division commander) -- Army Group South (7 April-7 May 1945) / by Lothar Dr. Rendulic (army group commander) -- Appendixes -- I. Biographies of the authors -- II. German corps organization -- III. Estimating the strength of German combat units -- Bibliography.