August Storm

• Autore: Glantz Colonel David M
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Verdun Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Soviet Forces -- Japanese Forces -- Symbols -- Soviet -- Japanese -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 - Preparations for the Manchurian Strategic Offensive -- 2 - Area of Operations -- 3 - The Opposition: Japanese Forces and Operational Planning -- 4 - Soviet Organization for Combat and Force Structure -- Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1895-?), Far East Command -- Malinovsky, Rodion Yakovlevich (1898-1967), Trans-Baikal Front -- Meretskov, Kirill Afanas'evich (1897-1968), 1st Far Eastern Front -- 5-Soviet Offensive Military Theory on the Eve of the Manchurian Offensive -- 6 - Conduct of the Offensive: Far East Command Plan -- 7 - Conduct of the Offensive: Trans-Baikal Front -- Pliyev, Issa Aleksandrovich (1903-?), Soviet-Mongolian Cavalry-Mechanized Group -- Danilov, Aleksei Il'ich (1897-?), 17th Army -- Kravchenko, Andrei Grigor'evich (1899-1963), 6th Guards Tank Army -- Lyudnikov, Ivan Il'ich (1902-76), 39th Army -- Luchinsky, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1900-?), 36th Army -- Managarov, Ivan Mefod'evich (1898-?), 53d Army -- 8 - Conduct of the Offensive: 1st Far Eastern Front -- Beloborodov, Afanasii Pavlant'evich (1903-?), 1st Red Banner Army -- Krylov, Nicolai Ivanovich (1903-72), 5th Army -- Zakhvatayev, Nikanor Dmitrievich (1898-1963), 35th Army -- Chistyakov, Ivan Mikhaílovich (1900-1979), 25th Army -- 9 - Conduct of the Offensive: 2d Far Eastern Front -- Purkayev, Maksim Alekseevich (1894-1953), 2d Far Eastern Front -- Mamonov, Stepan Kipillovich (1901-74), 15th Army -- Terëkhin, Makar Fomich (1896-1967), 2d Red Banner Army -- 10 - Analysis of the Offensive -- 11 - Conclusions -- Appendix 1 - Kwantung Army Order of Battle - 30 July 1945 -- Appendix 2 - Soviet Far East Command Order of Battle -August 1945. ; Appendix 3 - Operational Statistics -Soviet Far East Command Frontages: Widths, Depths, & -- Tempos -- Notes -- Bibliography -- FURTHER MAPS -- THE AUTHOR -- COMBAT STUDIES INSTITUTE -- SYNOPSIS OF LEAVENWORTH PAPER 7.
• Sommario/riassunto: [Includes 19 tables, 7 figures, 41 maps]To be successful, a strategic military operation requires careful planning and meticulous execution. History applauds the commander who orchestrates the operation, and major subordinate commanders share in the glory. In reality, however, commanders and soldiers at the operational and tactical levels play an even more critical role in achieving battlefield success. History often accords them little attention.Practitioners of war must study war at all levels. An understanding of the strategic aspects of military operations is essential in order to provide a context for a more detailed and equally critical understanding of precise operational and tactical techniques. Few officers practice war at the strategic level. The majority wrestle with the myriad of problems associated with implementing those strategic plans.Leavenworth Paper no. 8. through the medium of detailed case studies, examines the operational and tactical aspects of a major strategic operation--the Soviet offensive m Manchuria in 1945. The case studies, which involve army, corps, division, regimental, and battalion operations, focus on the many problems commanders and soldiers at that level face. Constrained by time, a desperate enemy, rugged terrain, and severe climatic conditions--the realities of war-- Soviet commanders devised find implemented techniques that produced victory. This paper highlights those techniques in the knowledge that Soviet theorists have likewise studied them in detail, both historically and in a contemporary context.
• Altri titoli varianti: August Storm
• Titolo autorizzato: August Storm
• ISBN: 1-78625-041-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158808603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II