03634nam 22004813 450 991015893560332120230807220301.097817862546411786254646(CKB)3810000000099315(MiAaPQ)EBC4808814(Au-PeEL)EBL4808814(CaPaEBR)ebr11348841(OCoLC)974590634(Exl-AI)4808814(Perlego)3020438(EXLCZ)99381000000009931520210901d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn Analysis of Manstein's Winter Campaign on the Russian Front 1942-1943 A Perspective of the Operational Level of War and Its Implications1st ed.San Francisco :Verdun Press,2015.©2015.1 online resource (70 pages)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.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.Generated by AI.An Analysis of Manstein’s Winter Campaign on the Russian Front 1942-1943Operational art (Military science)Generated by AIWorld War, 1939-1945Generated by AIOperational art (Military science)World War, 1939-1945Izzo Lt.-Col. Lawrence L1077861MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910158935603321An Analysis of Manstein's Winter Campaign on the Russian Front 1942-19432589392UNINA