Citation

Shepherd B. War Hist. 2009; 16(1): 77-97.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0968344508097618

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article contributes to greater understanding of the forces that shaped the prosecution of Wehrmacht anti-partisan warfare at the level of divisions in the field. The article explains the approach to anti-partisan warfare of the divisional command of the 369th Infantry Division and compares it with the approach of other divisional commands which operated in the same region of Yugoslavia during early 1943. In doing so, it highlights the particular importance of the troops' level of fighting power, and of the formative life experiences of divisional commanders during the First World War, in shaping conduct.