Both new weapons are expected to help facilitate the transition in German military doctrine from preparation for major tank battles to urban and low-level warfare.

The German doctrine of "defence in depth" meant that there was always another set of trenches waiting for them to fall back to.

He uses the phrase to highlight a sound principle of his German nationalistic doctrine.

German doctrine stressed bypassing strongpoints, but since this was not possible, German infantry were forced to reduce one fort after another.

The so-called blitzkrieg of 1940 was really the German doctrine of 1914 with technology bolted on.

German doctrine was the reverse, with the machine gun placed in a central role and rifleman employed in support.

German tactical doctrine for the use of the Panther thus emphasized the importance of flank protection.

German doctrine fell between the two concepts.

This was nearly the opposite of German doctrine, which stressed initiative and decision-making at low command levels (Auftragstaktik).

German military doctrine was more advanced, and generally their commanders coped much better with high-tempo operations than did their Allied counterparts.