Linking Operations to Strategy and Tactics in the Dardanelles.

Abstract

It is important that operations be correctly linked to tactics and strategy. Effective tactics must support operations or else the operation may fail. Likewise, a sound operation must support a feasible strategy. If any one level of the three levels of war fall short, then the ultimate result may be strategic failure. The Allied naval effort to force the Dardanelles Strait in 1915 provides a good case study of this linkage. The operations--strategy link was sound but the tactics-- operations link was not and hence the overall strategy failed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 1996
Accession Number
ADA307446

Entities

People

  • Keith T. Duncan

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery Fire
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Contact Mines
  • First World War
  • Guns
  • Indirect Fire
  • Maneuvers
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Ships
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Oceanography.