File:Cross section of snow-covered trench.jpg

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Cross section of a snow-covered trench for troop emplacement, adapted from the 1942 German ''Winter Warfare Handbook''

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English: The 1942 German Taschenbuch für den Winterkrieg manual contains discusses winter, mud, and thaw with sections on the influence and duration of winter, the seasons of mud and thaw, preparation for winter warfare, winter combat methods and maintaining morale, including the use of reading material, lectures, movies, and "strength through joy" exercises. Other sections cover marches, the maintenance of roads, winter bivouacs and shelter, construction of winter positions, camouflage and concealment, identification of the enemy, clothing, rations, evacuation of the wounded, care and use of weapons and equipment, signal communication, and winter mobility. The manual was designed to provide information at the officer level for indoctrination of troops via the non-commissioned officer ranks.
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Source http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/SS%2018.pdf
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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION

WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 15 December 1943

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