Table of Contents
SECTION I. POST OF THE COMMANDER SECTION II. DUTIES OF THE STAFF
SECTION III. ESTIMATE OF THE TERRAIN
1. Roads and Routes;
2. Railroads;
3. Terrain for the Attack;
4. Terrain for the Defensive Action;
5. Terrain for the Delaying Action;
6. Terrain for the Bivouac
SECTION IV. CONCEALMENT
7. Protection Against Ground Reconnaissance;
8. Protection Against Air Reconnaissance;
9. Concealment in Rest Areas;
10. Concealment of Troop Movements;
11. Concealment in Battle
SECTION V. COMBAT INTELLIGENCE
12. The Preparation of Intelligence Reports;
13. What to Report;
14. Contact and Coordination Between Friendly Units;
15. Transmission of Orders and Reports;
16. Advance Message Centers;
17. Information Through Special Means;
18. Important Principles of Reconnaissance;
19. Strategic Reconnaissance;
20. Tactical Reconnaissance;
21. Reconnaissance Battalions;
22. Motorized Reconnaissance Battalions;
23. Reconnaissance Battalion of the Infantry Division;
24. Battle Reconnaissance;
SECTION VI. PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION
25. Operation of Signal Communication Troops;
26. Order of the Division Communication Officer;
27. Communication in the Defense;
28. Various Means of Communication
SECTION VII. ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION
29. Guiding Principles;
30. Changing the Mission;
31. Seizing the Initiative
SECTION VIII. THE DECISION
SECTION IX. FIELD ORDERS
32. General Rules;
33. Warning Orders (Vorbefehle);
34. Complete Operations Orders (Gesamtbefehle);
35. Separate Orders; (Einzelbefehle);
36. Special Instructions (Besondere Anordnungen)
SECTION X. MARCHES
37. Marching in Multiple Columns;
38. Marching in Single Column;
39. Protection Against Air Attacks;
40. Night Marches;
41. Day Marches;
42. Organization for Marching;
43. Connection and Communication;
44. Rates of March;
45. March Rests;
46. March Outposts
SECTION XI. VARIOUS TYPES OF BATTLE
SECTION XII. THE ATTACK
47. Forms of Attack;
48. Considerations for an Attack;
49. Mechanics of Attack;
50. Attacking a Position;
51. Artillery Employment;
52. Infantry Position of Readiness (Bereitstellung);
53. Infantry Action Up to the First Assault ;
54. Artillery Support of the Infantry Advance;
55. Intermittent Advance of the Reserves;
56. Breakthrough;
57. Action Recommended for Certain Special Cases;
58. Meeting Engagement;
59. Pursuit
SECTION XIII. THE DEFENSE
60. Favorable Terrain for Defense;
61. Other Considerations;
62. General Principies of Defense;
63. Organization of Defense Areas;
64. Reserves, Reliefs, and Rear Positions;
65. Actual Operation of the Defense;
66. Artillery in the Defense;
67. Infantry in the Defense;
68. Hostile Penetrations;
69. The Counterattack;
70. Withdrawal to a Rearward Position
SECTION XIV. THE DELAYING ACTION
SECTION XV. RETREAT-RETIREMENT
SECTION XVI. THE EMPLOYMENT OF FIELD ARTILLERY
71. Organization;
72. Location in the Attack;
73. Location in the Defense;
74. Cooperation with Infantry
APPENDIX. SAMPLE GERMAN ORDERS
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