Fire Superiority: Operational Level Artillery Lesson from World War 2

Abstract

The study examines Soviet artillery organization and employment in the First Ukrainian Front during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, January 1945, and compares that Soviet operational doctrine and principles with those of the US army of the same period. It focuses on the applicability of those experiences today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 30, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149642

Entities

People

  • Harry R. Yarger

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Units
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Directives
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Europe
  • Fire Support
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies