Ollie Garchy
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WWII German Street Fighting Doctrine
German troops were instructed to move through houses and not to run down streets: "Walls of adjoining houses are blasted, and troops move forward through the houses. Mopping-up parties of infantry follow. (Making such covered approaches facilitates evacuation of wounded and supply of ammunition and rations.)"
Does anyone know if the American military instructs soldiers to move through houses and apartments? Does anyone know whether WWII films have ever depicted this type of behaviour?
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/warsaw/index.html
German troops were instructed to move through houses and not to run down streets: "Walls of adjoining houses are blasted, and troops move forward through the houses. Mopping-up parties of infantry follow. (Making such covered approaches facilitates evacuation of wounded and supply of ammunition and rations.)"
Does anyone know if the American military instructs soldiers to move through houses and apartments? Does anyone know whether WWII films have ever depicted this type of behaviour?
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/warsaw/index.html