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'''Bob E. Willis Jr.''' is a [[United States Army]] officer, confirmed by the Senate as a [[lieutenant colonel]] in 2008. While attending the [[School of Advanced Military Studies]], the invitational advanced course following the [[Command and General Staff College]], he wrote a paper, "After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East", which has drawn considerable interest in its parallel between failure of the German Army to prepare for post-combat operations in the Soviet Union, and is a substantive history of the staff thinking during the [[Operation Barbarossa]] invasion. He drew parallels to problems for post-conflict planning in the [[Iraq War]]. <ref name=Willis>{{citation | '''Bob E. Willis Jr.''' is a [[United States Army]] officer, confirmed by the Senate as a [[lieutenant colonel]] in 2008. While attending the [[School of Advanced Military Studies]], the invitational advanced course following the [[Command and General Staff College]], he wrote a paper, "After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East", which has drawn considerable interest in its parallel between failure of the German Army to prepare for post-combat operations in the Soviet Union, and is a substantive history of the staff thinking during the [[Operation Barbarossa]] invasion. He drew parallels to problems for post-conflict planning in the [[Iraq War]]. <ref name=Willis>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA436298 | | url = http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA436298 | ||
| title = After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East | | title = After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East | ||
| author = | | author = Bob E. Willis Jr. | ||
| publisher = School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army [[Command and General Staff College]] | | publisher = School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army [[Command and General Staff College]] | ||
| date = Academic Year 2004-2005}}</ref> | | date = Academic Year 2004-2005}}</ref> It is also a substantial reference on the [[Russian Liberation Army]] of [[Andrei Vlasov]]. | ||
He was commissioned from the [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] at the [[University of Hawaii]]. | He was commissioned from the [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] at the [[University of Hawaii]]. | ||
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 Bob E. Willis Jr. is a United States Army officer, confirmed by the Senate as a lieutenant colonel in 2008. While attending the School of Advanced Military Studies, the invitational advanced course following the Command and General Staff College, he wrote a paper, "After the Blitzkrieg: The German Army’s Transition to Defeat in the East", which has drawn considerable interest in its parallel between failure of the German Army to prepare for post-combat operations in the Soviet Union, and is a substantive history of the staff thinking during the Operation Barbarossa invasion. He drew parallels to problems for post-conflict planning in the Iraq War. [1] It is also a substantial reference on the Russian Liberation Army of Andrei Vlasov. He was commissioned from the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Hawaii. References
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