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DTIC ADA274048: Operational Defense: Covering all the Bases

This monograph investigates operational defense with particular emphasis on future major regional contingencies. Theory, history, and modern U. S. Army doctrine and training are explored. The first portion of the monograph investigates what three military theorists, Clausewitz, Jomini, von Leeb, and Svechin, have written about the defense. From their descriptions of the defense a list is developed. This list defines those characteristics that should be considered by the operational planner when designing a defense for the early stages of a major regional contingency. Three historical defensive campaigns are then analyzed using the Operational Operating Systems (OOSs). A list of insights from these campaigns is developed that also characterize a successful defense. The three campaigns analyzed are the German defense of Italy, 19431945, the destruction of German Army Group Center in its defense of Bellorussia, 1944, and The U.S. Army's actions in Korea, June through September, 1950.

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