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> Because the book is based on the conduct of World War II occupying forces (Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union), most of its contents are politically and techni

> Because the book is based on the conduct of World War II occupying forces (Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union), most of its contents are politically and technically no longer applicable to the early 21st century. Some of von Dach's instructions remain relevant, however, to current conflicts, such as about how to sabotage infrastructure, construct roadblocks, make and use incendiary devices or hide weapons and ammunition. It would be interesting to see the tactics updated to deal with current technologies.

wffurr 5y ago
It's less about technology than about the treatment a civilian population can expect from an occupying force, largely due to ideology. Although humans haven't changed that much since then. It's terrifying to contemplate what humans are capable of doing to each other.
hef19898 5y ago
Once, when I was younger, I got my fingers on copy of the Nazis guide to stay behind forces, their Werewolf forces to fight the advancing alies. Obviously they never did that. Even to my untrained, and young, eyes it was nothing revoltionary. Stuff like melt away into the population, hide weapons, strike the enemies rear. Funny enough, the copy I read was, as far as I remember, almost a political. The Pentagon has published field manuals on the same topic. I would also assume that a lot of Soviet documents would be available since the disolution of the USSR, their military maps are even available as an app. Pretty usefull, and quite funny how accurate those maps are for Germany...
Terry_Roll 5y ago
You dont think the British Empire gained a lot of knowledge from criminals during its day which would be classed as Guerrilla warfare today? And with regard to current technologies, all we have done is gone from analogue to digital and added some encryption, new frequencies and directional capabilities, so the methods relevant for analogue will still be relevant today, but the directional capabilities will add some stealth ability making things somewhat harder, but this has a parallel like word of mouth communication, so maybe those techniques could be redeployed or adapted? When is life not a Live Action Role Play? Social media is dominated with the Ukraine crisis, and it just seems like one big LARP, where those who signed up to do a job are now being asked to do it, just like we saw with medical personnel and Covid. And those mothers who packed their kids off to be slaughtered in the nationalism, makes me wonder why do we punish some right wing nationalists and not others like mothers?

wffurr 5y ago

It's less about technology than about the treatment a civilian population can expect from an occupying force, largely due to ideology. Although humans haven't changed that much since then. It's terrifying to contemplate what humans are capable of doing to each other.

hef19898 5y ago

Once, when I was younger, I got my fingers on copy of the Nazis guide to stay behind forces, their Werewolf forces to fight the advancing alies. Obviously they never did that. Even to my untrained, and young, eyes it was nothing revoltionary. Stuff like melt away into the population, hide weapons, strike the enemies rear. Funny enough, the copy I read was, as far as I remember, almost a political. The Pentagon has published field manuals on the same topic. I would also assume that a lot of Soviet documents would be available since the disolution of the USSR, their military maps are even available as an app. Pretty usefull, and quite funny how accurate those maps are for Germany...

Terry_Roll 5y ago

You dont think the British Empire gained a lot of knowledge from criminals during its day which would be classed as Guerrilla warfare today? And with regard to current technologies, all we have done is gone from analogue to digital and added some encryption, new frequencies and directional capabilities, so the methods relevant for analogue will still be relevant today, but the directional capabilities will add some stealth ability making things somewhat harder, but this has a parallel like word of mouth communication, so maybe those techniques could be redeployed or adapted? When is life not a Live Action Role Play? Social media is dominated with the Ukraine crisis, and it just seems like one big LARP, where those who signed up to do a job are now being asked to do it, just like we saw with medical personnel and Covid. And those mothers who packed their kids off to be slaughtered in the nationalism, makes me wonder why do we punish some right wing nationalists and not others like mothers?