Defensive Culmination When Does The Tactical Commander Counterattack

Author : Major William W. Hamilton
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786252260
Total Pages : 35 pages
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Download or read book Defensive Culmination - When Does The Tactical Commander Counterattack? written by Major William W. Hamilton and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of German General Carl Von Clausewitz’s key concepts is culmination. His primary work On War describes culmination for the attacker as the point beyond which he can no longer continue his attack and risks destruction from a counterattack. For the defender it is the point beyond which the defender gains no more advantages by continuing his defense. At this point the defender must decide to act. Clausewitz envisioned that at this point the defender would release his flashing sword of vengeance and counterattack. Clausewitz developed the concept of culmination for what we regard today as the strategic and operational levels of war. This paper seeks to answer the question, Does the concept of defensive culmination apply at the tactical level and can the tactical defender use it to determine when to counterattack? This paper uses three historical examples to examine when and how commanders executed tactical counterattacks. The examples are used to evaluate a theoretical framework of Clausewitz’s defensive concepts. The criteria used to evaluate the historical cases are: defensive preparation, terrain, availability of intelligence on the attacker, timing for the defender and attacker, determination of the defender’s defeat mechanism, depth of the defense, type of counterattack, the timing of the counterattack, and condition of the attacker and defender when the counterattack was executed. The key concepts examined are culmination and counterattack timing.

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Author : Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199335141
Total Pages : 929 pages
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Author : Milan N. Vego
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781884733628
Total Pages : 1496 pages
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Author : United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Total Pages : 200 pages
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Author : Major Mark H. Skattum
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896813
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Air Campaigns: Fact Or Fantasy? written by Major Mark H. Skattum and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph addresses the concept of air operations and their relationship to campaigns. It determines whether air actions should be considered as operations or campaigns. The monograph first addresses the definitions of the terms “campaign” and “operation,” and then establishes the criteria by which to judge three historical examples of the use of air power. These examples are the Battle of Britain, the Korean War air interdiction battle, and the Israeli pre-emptive strike against the Egyptian Air Force during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The monograph concludes that air operations should not be considered as campaigns. Air operations are part of the overall campaign and support campaign objectives rather than accomplishing strategic goals. The implications of this analysis are that air superiority should be the primary air operation; offensive air and ground operations must be synchronized for success; and the terms and concepts applied to ground operations can be applied to air operations. By understanding the correct relationship between air operations and campaigns, air planners can help Army planners prepare for success on the joint battlefield.

Author : Raymond A. Millen
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612343937
Total Pages : 409 pages
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Author : Fritz von Lossberg
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081316981X
Total Pages : 480 pages
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Download or read book Lossberg's War written by Fritz von Lossberg and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Fritz von Lossberg (1868--1942) directed virtually all the major German defensive battles on the Western Front during the First World War. Hailed as "the Lion of the Defensive," he was an extremely influential military tactician and, unlike many other operations officers of his era, was quick to grasp the changes wrought by technology. Now available for the first time in English, Lossberg's memoir explains how he developed, tested, and implemented his central principles -- flexibility, decentralized control, and counterattack -- which were based on a need to adapt to shifting conditions on the battlefield. Lossberg first put his theory of elastic defense combined with defense-in-depth into practice during the Battle of Arras (April--May 1917), where it succeeded. At the Battle of Passchendaele (June--November 1917), his achievements on the field proved the feasibility of his strategy of employing a thinly manned front line that minimized the number of soldiers exposed to artillery fire. Lossberg's tactical modernizations have become essential components of army doctrine, and Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of A German Chief of Staff will take readers inside the mind of one of the most significant military innovators of the twentieth century.