Deep battle/Related Articles

See also changes related to Deep battle, or pages that link to Deep battle or to this page or whose text contains "Deep battle".

---

Parent topics

• Military doctrine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Operational art [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Doctrines

• AirLand Battle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Battlefield air interdiction [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Gluboky boi [r]: Deep battle doctrine in operational art, developed by Mikhail Tukhachevsky; characterized by specialized force echelons attacking in "pulses" ^[e]
  • 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]

Theoreticians

• Huba Wass de Czege [r]: Retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army known as a theoretician and planner, especially of operational art; During his career as an infantry officer, he served two tours in Vietnam and gained staff experience at all levels up to assistant division commander. Principal designer AirLand Battle doctrine of deep battle; founded School of Advanced Military Studies ^[e]
• William DuPuy [r]: General, United States Army, especially known for post-Vietnam reform at Training and Doctrine Command ^[e]
• J.F.C. Fuller [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]
• Erich von Manstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Donn Starry [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]

Examples

• 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]
• Operation Barbarossa [r]: The German invasion of the Soviet Union, beginning on June 22, 1941 ^[e]
• Battle of Kursk [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1967 Arab-Israeli War [r]: Short-term conflict in June 1967 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. ^[e]
• 1973 Arab-Israeli War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. ^[e]