Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Section I. OFFENSIVE PRINCIPLES 1. ATTACK In the attack the Germans stress the principle that the enemy must be surrounded and destroyed. They believe that a strong, rapid enveloping attack can be decisive, provided that it really comes to grips with the enemy while he is pinned down by frontal pressure, which the Germans exert mainly by fire. The enveloping forces advance in depth in order to avoid being outflanked, the guiding principle being that all enveloping attacks ultimately become frontal. (See fig. 1.) ,, '' Withdrawngco - ;' ENEMY FORCES \ Rear d ATTACKING FORCES Figure 1.--German enveloping tactics. 1.
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Section I. OFFENSIVE PRINCIPLES<br />
1. ATTACK<br />
In the attack the <strong>German</strong>s stress the principle that the enemy<br />
must be surrounded and destroyed. <strong>The</strong>y believe that a strong,<br />
rapid enveloping attack can be decisive, provided that it really<br />
comes to grips with the enemy while he is pinned down by frontal<br />
pressure, which the <strong>German</strong>s exert mainly by fire. <strong>The</strong> enveloping<br />
forces advance in depth in order to avoid being outflanked, the<br />
guiding principle being that all enveloping attacks ultimately become<br />
frontal. (See fig. 1.)<br />
,, ''<br />
Withdrawngco<br />
- ;' ENEMY FORCES \<br />
Rear<br />
d<br />
ATTACKING FORCES<br />
Figure 1.--<strong>German</strong> enveloping tactics.<br />
1.
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