Can We Revive Auftragstaktik? (V)

Franz Uhle-Wettler

Emil Hünten Jäger Defend a Farmhouse

This post concludes a five-part series. To read preceding installments, please see

Can We Revive Auftragstaktik?

Can We Revive Auftragstaktik? (II)

Can We Revive Auftragstaktik? (III)

Can We Revive Auftragstaktik? (IV)

What is Auftragstaktik? And Can We Revive It?

Franz Uhle-Wettler

(Conclusion)

The Revival of Auftragstaktik

When, in 1945, Germany collapsed, Auftragstaktik, or what was left of it, died with it. Two or three decades later, however, the practice, or, to be more precise, the idea of Auftragstaktik, came back to life.