Balancing Operational Maneuver: The 1950 U.N. Offensive in Korea

Abstract

This paper is an operational case study of the Korean War that focuses on the United Nations Command (UNC) offensive of 1950. This study examines the requirement to balance operational functions in war by looking at the operational maneuvers of this campaign and contrasting these maneuvers against considerations of other operational functional areas as characterized by the national and theater-strategic situation prevailing at the time. The review of this case will provide lessons; fairly simple and sometimes obvious, yet also vital and timeless that will prove useful in considering the problems of future military operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA405640

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Linder

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Case Studies
  • Command And Control
  • Far East
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Korea
  • Korean War
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • North Korea
  • Operational Intelligence
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies