An Analysis of Manstein's Winter Campaign on the Russian Front 1942-1943 : A Perspective of the Operational Level of War and Its Implications

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910158935603321
• Autore: Izzo Lt.-Col. Lawrence L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 9781786254641; 1786254646
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (70 pages)
• Soggetti: Operational art (Military science); World War, 1939-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION -- Manstein's Campaign -- German Operational Overview -- Soviet Operational Overview -- CHAPTER 2-MANSTEIN'S VS HITLER'S VIEW OF OPERATIONAL ART -- CHAPTER 3-PHASE 1: OPERATION WINTERGEWITTER ("WINTER GALE") -- Battles on the Chir River -- Operation SATURN -- The Loss and Recapture of Tatsinskaya -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4-PHASE 2: PROTECTING THE REAR OF ARMY GROUP A -- 4th Panzer Army's Mobile Defense -- The Struggle of Army Detachment Hollidt -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5-PHASE 3: KEEPING THE LOCS OPEN -- Soviet Operational Overview -- Operation STAR -- Operation GALLOP -- Manstein Leap-frogs 1st Panzer Army -- 1st Conference with Hitler -- Voronezh Front Takes Kharkov -- Southwest Front Surges Forward -- CHAPTER 6-PHASE 4: THE COUNTERSTROKE -- Manstein's 2d Conference with Hitler -- The Counterstroke Regains the Initiative -- CHAPTER 7-LESSONS LEARNED -- Operational Level Leadership -- Tactical Maturity -- Agility -- Operational Initiative -- Depth -- Center of Gravity and Operational Art -- CHAPTER 8-IMPLICATIONS -- Initiative and Agility -- Synchronization -- Depth -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books -- Government Documents -- Periodicals.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work is an in-depth historical analysis of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's winter campaign on the Russian southern front during the 1942-43 conflict. It covers four main phases of the campaign: the attempted relief of the 6th Army at Stalingrad, the protection of Army Group A's withdrawal from the Caucasus, the maintenance of German lines of communication, and a counteroffensive to regain strategic initiative. The analysis highlights Manstein's operational genius, exploring his strategic maneuvers and the challenges posed by numerical inferiority and political constraints. The study also examines the implications of these tactics for contemporary NATO strategies, focusing on operational depth and agility. The book is aimed at military historians and strategists interested in the operational level of war and its lessons for modern warfare.