German tactical defence doctrine
‘Elastic defence’ • Mobile warfare • The principles of unit defence
Establishing a defended area • The strongpoint concept, December 1941
Hedgerow defences, Normandy 1944
The infantry regiment • Machine guns • Infantry artillery • Late-war restructuring
Materials and construction methods
Timber • Revettments • Rocks and other materials • The principles of construction
Infantry positions • Crew-served weapons positions • Squad bunkers
North Africa • Italy • The Eastern Front
A battalion-level defence, early war • El Alamein, Egypt, 1942 • Ortona, Italy, December 1943
Petsamo-Kirkenes, Finland, October 1944 • Palenberg, Germany, October 1944