Bringing Order to Chaos: Historical Case Studies of Combined Arms Maneuver in Large-Scale Combat Operations

Abstract

Two days after these losses, the 1st Armored Division and other elements of II US Army Corps began the counteroffensive which would destroy the vaunted Afrika Korps - by then renamed Panzer Gruppe Afrika - and net several hundred thousand German and Italian prisoners of war. That a green US Army unit in its first major combat against a veteran opponent could lose 5,000 Soldiers and then launch a series of counterattacks could be a textbook definition of resilience.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 13, 2018
Accession Number
AD1132777

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  • Bryan R. Gibby
  • Daniel P. Bolger
  • James A. Villanueva
  • John M. Nimmons
  • Kevin Benson
  • Michael D. Lundy
  • Mike C. Kiser
  • Paul P. Cheval
  • Peter J. Schifferle
  • R. D. Ii Pressley
  • Robert M. Young
  • Tal Tovy
  • William S. Wallace

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  • Army University

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