Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index
Early assault troops -- The first official assault units -- The further development of assault tactics -- Assault Battalion Rohr, mountain troops, and Jäger -- Verdun and the Somme -- The Eastern and Balkan fronts -- Official Army assault battalions; elastic defense -- Mortars, grenade launchers, assault artillery, and machine guns -- Short training courses in assault tactics -- Instructions for shock troops -- Large-scale attacks by assault troops -- Infantrymen transformed into assault troops -- The spring offensives -- Tanks and antitank warfare -- Expeditionary forces and the final assaults -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Instructions for the employment of flame projectors -- Appendix 2: Badges of assault units