German Antiguerrilla Operations in the Balkans, 1941-1944; Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 20-243
Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1954. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 24 cm. vi, [2], 82,[2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Fold-out maps. Chronology. Bibliographical not. Some wear and soiling to covers. Stamp and black cross-out marks to front cover. The purpose of this study is to describe briefly the German campaign against the guerrillas in the Balkans during the period of the European Axis occupation, from the end of hostilities against Greece and Yugoslavia in April 1941 to the capture of Belgrade by the Soviet forces and the Partisans in October 1944. The activities of Germany's Italian, Bulgarian, Croatians, and other allies, as well as the British, Soviet, and United States forces in the area, are treated only to the extent that they affected German operations. In sequence of time, this study is a continuation of Department of the Army Pamphlet 20-260, The German Campaigns in the Balkans which was published in 1953. The material for this study was obtained from German military records now in the custody of The Adjutant General, Department of the Army. In addition to these official records, monographs by former German officers who participated in these operations furnished considerable general information and were of assistance in supplementing the terse official reports of specific actions. More