Operational Analysis: German operation Against Yugoslavia 1941.

Abstract

The German operation in Yugoslavia represents the mastery of Operational Art. While already staged to execute Operation Marita for the conquest of Greece and with the preparations for Barbarossa under way, the German High Command developed a plan for the invasion of Yugoslavia in eight days from 25 March to 3 April 1941. Then, they executed a complex operation into a country whose terrain heavily favored the defender and gained an unconditional surrender in eleven days. This paper attempts to evaluate the source of Germany's tremendous success by analyzing their application of the Principles of War in the hope of developing lessons of value for future practioners of war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328138

Entities

People

  • Dyer T. Lennox

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Army
  • Bridges
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Directives
  • Military Operations
  • Mountains
  • Order Of Battle
  • River Crossings
  • Second World War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Yugoslavia

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.