The Initial Period of War: A Soviet View,
Abstract
Contents: The Formation and Development of Views on the Initial Period of War From the Nineteenth Century Until the 1940s: Entry Into War in the Nineteenth Century and at the Start of the Twentieth Century; The Organizational Development of the Armed Forces and the Development of Military Theories in the Main Capitalist Nations Between the Two World Wars; The Organizational Development of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Elaboration of Views in the USSR on the Character of Future War and Its Initial Period; Strategic Planning and Armed Forces Deployment on the Eve of and at the Start of World War II: The Military and Political Bases for Strategic Planning. The Goals and Plans of the Initial Campaigns and First Operations of the Capitalist Armies; Methods of Strategic Deployment of the Capitalist Nations' Armed Forces; The Concealment of Aggression in Europe and the Pacific. Fascist Germany's Plans in the War Against the USSR. Strategic Deployment of the Armed Forces; The Soviet Union's Preparations to Repel Fascist Aggression; The Initial Strategic Operations: The Initial Offensive Operations in the European Theaters of Operations; The Collapse of the Strategic Defense in Poland and Western Europe; Specific Features of the Soviet Armed Forces' Strategic Defense at the Start of the Great Patriotic War; Preparing for and Making a Surprise Initial Attack After Opening a New Strategic Front (From the Experience of the Soviet Armed Forces' 1945 Campaign in the Far East).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA168483
Entities
People
- S. P. Ivanov
Organizations
- United States Department of the Air Force