The twentieth century saw an unprecedented emphasis on fighting in
all terrains, seasons and weather conditions. Such conditions made
even basic survival difficult as subzero temperatures caused
weapons to jam, engines to seize up and soldiers to suffer
frostbite, snow blindness and hypothermia. The conditions often
favoured small groups of mobile, lightly armed soldiers, rather
than the armoured forces or air power that dominated other combat
environments. Some European armies developed small numbers of
specialist alpine troops before and during World War I, but these
proved to be insufficient as nearly all the major combatants of
World War II found themselves fighting for extended periods in
extremely hostile cold-weather and/or alpine environments. Drawing
upon manuals, memoirs and unit histories and illustrated with
period tactical diagrams and specially commissioned full-colour
artwork, this study sheds new light on the winter-warfare tactics
and techniques of the US, British, German, Soviet and Finnish
armies of World War II.
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