Hitler's Arctic War mug carried medical teams

carried medical teams

and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears

using both contemporary sources as well as post-war analyses

maritime and logistic aspects of the Arctic convoy campaign

a DSC and bars in the process

Hitler's Arctic War mug carried medical teamsIn the past the German General Staff had taken no interest in the military history of wars in the north and east of Europe. Nobody had ever taken into account the possibility that some day German divisions would have to fight and to winter in northern Karelia and on the Murmansk coast. (Lieutenant General Waldemar Erfurth, German Army). Despite this statement, the German Armys first campaign in the far north was a great success: between April and June