"The purpose of this text is to provide small unit commanders with instructional material, at their own level, concerning the Russian front during World War II. A careful study of the examples in the text will provide many lessons in tactics, logistics, and techniques, in the coordination of weapons, in the influence of terrain, climatic and weather conditions upon operations, and in the qualities of the officers and men who fought on the Russian front...."

July 1953. Cover title. Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, paper, $1.75. Based on German narratives of personal experiences written under the supervision of General Franz Halder, chief of the German Army General Staff and translated in the Historical Division USAREUR. Rewritten, edited and arranged by George E. Blau, and others of the Writing and Translation Section under the direction of M.C. Helfers, chief of the Foreign Studies Branch, Special Studies Division, Office of the Chief of Military History.