Strategy and Doctrine
Deep Operation (Deep Battle)
Also Known As Deep Battle
Modern, Soviet Union
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Deep operation, or deep battle, was a military theory developed by the Soviet Union for its armed forces during the 1920s and 1930s, emphasizing the destruction, suppression or disorganization of enemy forces not only at the line of contact but throughout the depth of the battlefield. Its leading theorists were Alexander Svechin, Mikhail Frunze and Mikhail Tukhachevsky, with Vladimir Triandafillov and Tukhachevsky forming a partnership in 1929 to turn the concept into a coherent system of principles. The doctrine shaped major Soviet offensives of the Second World War, including the encirclement operations at Stalingrad and the drive to Berlin in which Georgy Zhukov, one of its most successful field practitioners, played a central command role.
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Core ClaimDestroy, suppress or disorganize enemy forces not only at the line of contact but throughout the depth of the battlefield, using successive echelons of mechanized and combined-arms forces to convert a tactical breakthrough into an operational-level collapse of the enemy's rear. 1 Origin YearMarks the Triandafillov-Tukhachevsky partnership that systematized the theory; its roots reach back to Alexander Svechin's and Mikhail Frunze's writing of the early 1920s. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Zhukov applied deep operation doctrine to major effect at Stalingrad and Berlin but was not among its original 1920s-1930s theorists (Triandafillov, Tukhachevsky, Svechin, Frunze); developed-by is reserved here for the doctrine's actual originators, none of whom are yet minted as commanders in this atlas.
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1. Wikipedia: Deep operation
WikipediaOpening section and Roots of deep battle sectionQuote, Opening section and Roots of deep battle section
was a military theory developed by the Soviet Union for its armed forces during the 1920s and 1930s. It was a tenet that emphasized destroying, suppressing or disorganizing enemy forces not only at the line of contact but also throughout the depth of the battlefield...Advocates of the development included Alexander Svechin (1878-1938), Mikhail Frunze (1885-1925) and Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893-1937)...In 1929, Triandafillov and Tukhachevsky formed a partnership to create a coherent system of principles.
1. Wikipedia: Deep operation
1. Wikipedia: Deep operation
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