Wehrmacht: instruction for the soldier in rifle company. Such a book was available to every German Wehrmacht recruit from the early 1930’s until 1944.The wide availability meant that it contained only material which was easily learned by observation, but it encapsulates the complete ethos of the German army at the beginning of the Second World War. It contains details of German state and military history, and shows every recruit what to do and how to behave being a soldier. From bed-making to rifle drill, camouflage and tactical movements, from boot polishing to horse riding. "Der Dienstunterricht im Heere" Ausgabe für den Schützen der Schützenkompanie. Zusammengestellt und bearbeitet von Dr. Jur. W. Reibert Major. Mit über 500 Abbildungen im Text Zwölfte, neubearbeitete Auflage. Verlag von Mittler & Sohn/Berlin 1941. 332 pages, size: 14x20cm
Wehrmacht: instruction for the soldier in rifle company. Such a book was available to every German Wehrmacht recruit from the early 1930’s until 1944.The wide availability meant that it contained only material which was easily learned by observation, but it encapsulates the complete ethos of the German army at the beginning of the Second World War. It contains details of German state and military history, and shows every recruit what to do and how to behave being a soldier. From bed-making to rifle drill, camouflage and tactical movements, from boot polishing to horse riding. "Der Dienstunterricht im Heere" Ausgabe für den Schützen der Schützenkompanie. Zusammengestellt und bearbeitet von Dr. Jur. W. Reibert Major. Mit über 500 Abbildungen im Text Zwölfte, neubearbeitete Auflage. Verlag von Mittler & Sohn/Berlin 1941. 332 pages, size: 14x20cm