German Counter-C3 Activity and Its Effects on Soviet Command, Control, and Communications During Operation Barbarossa

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine German planning for Operation Barbarossa and German execution of that operation from 22 June to 31 July 1941 to determine the planning and execution of counter-C3 activities and the effects of those activities on Soviet command, control, and communications. Research was restricted to English language sources and included interviews with Soviet and German participants of the Eastern Front, two trips to the U.S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania and the Hoover Institute on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, and a trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The results of this study indicate no counter-C3 doctrine on the part of the Germans, and no concerted counter-C3 plan to disrupt Soviet C3 during Operation Barbarossa. This study does indicate a dramatic disruption of Soviet C3 during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086639

Entities

People

  • John F. O'neil

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Radio Communications
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control