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Parent topics
- Military doctrine [r]: The fundamental principles of a military organization. [e]
- Operational art [r]: A level of military power at which forces in the field, or deployed from the homeland, can determine the place and conditions of battle [e]
- Deep battle [r]: Originally a Soviet concept of operational art, now a generic international term for doctrines that focus on penetrating into the enemy's rear, such as blitzkrieg and AirLand Battle [e]
Subtopics
- German invasion of Poland [r]: Code named Case White, an invasion beginning on 1 September 1939 after Germany had staged a Polish attack; the start of World War II in Europe [e]
- Heinz Guderian [r]: (1888-1954) Generaloberst; noted innovator of mobile warfare and blitzkrieg; Panzer group commander; OKH Chief of Staff (21 Jul 42-28 Mar 45) [e]
- Ju-87 [r]: German WWII dive bomber that gave excellent close air support in the early blitzkriegs, but was too slow to survive in the Battle of Britain and against later fighters [e]
- 1940 German invasion of Western Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation Barbarossa [r]: The German invasion of the Soviet Union, beginning on June 22, 1941 [e]
- Controlling close support to ground forces [r]: Doctrine for deconflicting and activelu controlling all forms of kinetic and nonkinetic fires support to troops close enough to the enemy that there is a significant danger of fratricide or degrading friendly capabilities [e]
- Gluboky boi [r]: Deep battle doctrine in operational art, developed by Mikhail Tukhachevsky; characterized by specialized force echelons attacking in "pulses" [e]
- Mikhail Tukhachevsky [r]: Marshal of the Soviet Union and armored warfare theorist, purged and shot by Stalin for treason, which may have been suggested by German disinformation [e]
- V.K. Triandafillov [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operational Maneuver Group [r]: A Soviet-originated idea in operational art, consisting of a mobile force that penetrates enemy lines and disrupts the rear area, either exhausting itself or defeating all [e]
- AirLand Battle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Swarming (military) [r]: A method of military attacking using multiple attack forces against an opponent, which act in an autonomous but synchronized manner, with real-time communications for their coordination [e]
- Tank (military) [r]: A large land combat vehicle that moves on continuous tracks rather than wheels, has its primary armament in a rotating armored turret, is armored against more than small arms fire, and, while it can be extremely effective in many combat situations, is optimized to kill other tanks [e]