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Armored Warfare in World War II
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Item Number: L0499
Armored Warfare in World War II
A Conference Featuring F.W. von Mellenthin, Generalmajor a.D., German Army
10 May 1979
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At this Conference on Armored Warfare in World War II, Generalmajor а.D. F. W. von Mellenthin, a distinguished German battle tank force tactician, related some of his experiences as a General Staff Officer in the Russian campaign and responded to questions on his World War II experiences and their possible current application. (A biographical resume of General von Mellenthin is provided on the following page.)
A transcript of General von Mellenthin's talk and the question-and-answer sessions is provided on pages 1 through 70. Only very minor editing was attempted. Undoubtedly some errors have been introduced in transcribing the tape, and apologies are extended for any errors or misquotes.
Owing to the time constraint, General von Mellenthin was able to present only a few selected portions of the prepared text of his talk; however, the entire text, including maps of the battle areas, is presented on pages 71 through 148. An outline map of the overall area, similar to the one used at the Conference, is in a pocket on the inside back cover of this report. There is, of course, some redundancy between the transcript and the prepared text (in particular, the material presented on pages 12 through 27 and that presented on pages 71 through 86), but in order to preserve the sequential organization of events in the prepared text it was decided not to attempt to eliminate the redundancy.
General von Mellenthin also prepared six very brief papers relating his Eastern Front experiences to current applications: (1) Educational Experiences and Ideas; (2) Detailed Answers to Questions Concerning Current Applications, (3) Eastern Front Experiences—Current Applications, (4) German General Staff Experiences and Ideas, (5) German Influence on Soviet Strategy and Tactics, and (6) Observations on the Soviet Army and Air Force. Papers No. 3 and 4 were presented at the Conference. These may be found on pages 36 and 37 and 2 through 6, respectively. The remaining four papers are presented at the end of this document (pages 149 through 168).
Mr. Pierre Sprey (Pierre Sprey, Inc.) served as moderator for the Conference. Panel members included: Mr. John R. Boyd (OASD, Program Analysis and Evaluation), Mr. William S. Lind (Special Assistant to Senator Gary Hart), Mr. Peter McDavitt (Honeywell, Inc.), Major William Rennagel (U. S. Army, CNC&S, Navy War College), and Professor Russel H. S. Stolfi (U. S. Naval Postgraduate School).
For additional Information on armored warfare and General von Mellenthin's experiences in World War II, the reader is referred to two books which he has written: Panzer Battles and German Generals of World War II.
Contents
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FOREWORD
- BIOGRAPHY
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- TRANSCRIPT OF TALK AND DISCUSSIONS
- PREPARED TEXT FOR GENERAL VON MELLENTHIN'S PRESENTATION
- My Eastern Front Experiences From November 1942 to July 1944
- Defensive Battles on Chir River, German Attacks to Relieve
- Stalingrad, Tatsinskaya, Defensive Battles on Donetz
- Defensive Battles on Chir River
- German Attacks to Relieve Stalingrad Cauldron
- Withdrawal to West (Tatsinskaya); Defensive Battles on Donetz
- Withdrawal From Donetz to Area North of Stalino (150 Miles); Great German Counterattack Northwest Through Barvenovka to Kharkov (120 Miles)
- April '43 - June '43 Spring Thaw; Stabilization of Front, Preparations of German Attack at Kursk
- The Assault
- Withdrawal to the Dnieper River at Kremenchug
- Problems of withdrawal
- Defense of the Dnieper
- Soviet Breakthrough at Kiev; Withdrawal to Vicinity of Zhitomir
- Victory at Radomyshl
- The Meleni Pocket
- Defensive Victory at Berdichev
- Problems of Defensive Warfare
- Withdrawal to Tarnopol
- Spring Thaw at Tarnopol; Training; Defense in Depth
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Koniev Breaks Through
- Soviets Cross Vistula at Baranov
- PAPERS RELATING EASTERN FRONT EXPERIENCES TO CURRENT APPLICATIONS
- Educational Experiences and Ideas
- Eastern Front Experience: Detailed Answers to Questions Concerning Current Applications
- German Influence on Soviet Strategy and Tactics
- Observations on the Soviet Army and Air Force
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Identification of Foreign Armored Vehicles: German, Japanese, Russian, Italian, and French. Military Intelligence [Basic Field Manual FM 30-42]. Military Reference Library #L179. Acrobat PDF file sent by mail on DVD disc.
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