Approved in 1938 and published by E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Sportvorschrift für das Heer ("Sports Regulations for The Army") was a physical education manual for the Heer (Army), the land warfare component of the Wehrmacht (Military of National Socialist Germany)
It was intended to give soldiers advice and instruction on elements of personal fitness and group discipline, as well as to direct commanders how best to implement these kinds of activities, and train their men for physicality.
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Approved in 1938 and published by E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Sportvorschrift für das Heer ("Sports Regulations for The Army") was a physical education manual for the Heer (Army), the land warfare component of the Wehrmacht (Military of National Socialist Germany)
It was intended to give soldiers advice and instruction on elements of personal fitness and group discipline, as well as to direct commanders how best to implement these kinds of activities, and train their men for physicality.