German Ski Training and Tactics

Washington: War Department Military Intelligence Division, 1944. — 101 p.This work is an edited translation of a German manual entitled Tentative Instructions for the Training and Tactics of Ski Troops (VorUiufiffe Richtlinien fur Ausbildung und Kampf von Skitruppen). Like the Handbook on Winter Warfare (TaseJienbtwh fur den Winterkrieg), which has been published as "German Winter Warfare," Special Series, No. 18 (15 December 1943), the ski manual is based on the experiences of the German forces on the Eastern Front, and on lessons learned from the Finnish Army.