Air power and maneuver warfare

268 pages - Manneuver warfare in action - Germany - Russia - Photos - Israel - Air power in 1990s Air power, maneuver warfare Contents 4 Disclaimer 3 Foreword 6 About the Author -1 Contributing Authors 10 Preface 12 Introduction 14 Notes 17 Chapter 1 The Nature of the Beast 18 Notes 37 Chapter 2 Maneuver Warfare in Action Early German Campaigns 38 Notes 73 Chapter 3 Maneuver Warfare in Action The German 1941 Campaign in Russia 78 Notes 115 Photo Section 119 Chapter 4 Maneuver Warfare in Action The Soviet Version 126 Notes 165 Chapter 5 Israel: Maneuver Warfare, Air Power, and Logistics 170 Notes 206 Chapter 6 Maneuver Warfare and Air Power in the 1990s 210 Past Limitations on Air Power 210 Air Power and New Developments 213 Hardware 214 Situational 215 The Cordon Sanitaire of Reconstruction 217 Differences in Styles ofWar for Air Power 220 Notes 228 Appendix Operation Desert Shield/Storm 230 THE INSTITUTE RESPONDS 238 Bibliography 268 Index 276 Illustrations 5 Figure 5 1 The Campaign in Poland 52 2 The Campaign in the West 59 3 The Leningrad Campaign 90 4 German Operations, 1941 94 5 The Campaign for Ukraine 96 6 The Campaign of Army Group Center, June-August 1941 103 7 Moscow: The Battles of Vyazma-Bryansk 109 8 Battles of Encirclement of the Eastern Campaign, 1941 112 9 The 1967 Campaign in the Sainai 181 10 The 1973 Campaign in the Sainai 195 11 The Gulf Campaign, 1991 233 Table 5 1 Expenditure of Tank Armies per 100 Kilometers of Advance 32 2 Divisional Estimated Requirement Rates Daily (Tons) 33 3 Rates of Advance of Tank Armies in the Third Period of the Great Patriotic War (GPW) 127 4 The Soviet Principles of Warfare at the Operational and Tactical Levels 135 5 Average Densities of Manpower and Weapons in Breakthrough Sectors during the Great Patriotic War 141 6 Average Aviation Densities on Axes of Attack in the Fronts 158 maneuver warfare,World War II,Persian Gulf War,Arab-Israeli War 1967 The authors identify and discuss the fundamental concepts and principles of maneuver warfare, compare and contrast it to attrition-style warfare, and trace its origins and history. They examine the role of airpower in enhancing maneuver during the early German campaigns of World War II, in Germany's 1941 Russian campaigns, and in the Soviet version of maneuver warfare in World War II. They analyze the importance of airpower in maneuver warfare employed by Israel in the 1967 and 1973 wars and by coalition forces in the Gulf War. Dr. van Creveld forecasts what the role of airpower will be in warfare during the coming years. The book includes a response to the authors by the air doctrine analysts at Air University. En analyse af den amerikanske doktrin om samvirket mellem fly- og hærstyrker i kommende konflikter. Som baggrund for analysen betragtes tyskernes erfaringer med "lynkrig" under 2. verdenskrig samt israelernes erfaringer fra krigene i 1967 og 1973