The Evolution of Operational Art. From Napoleon to the Present

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generalship (cont.)
Chinese 201
definition of 20
Israeli 168, 177
Soviet 88
Georgia 91
Germains, V. W. 116
Germany:
Afrika Korps 116
Allied bombing of 150
armistice 140
army model for Britain and United
States 119
Bundeswehr, development of 57
diplomacy 44
doctrine 108
First World War 45–8
high command planning 53
non-aggression pact with the Soviet
Union (1939) 52
Second World War 51–5, 62 n.69
Battle of Berlin (1945) 87
Battle of France (1940) 54–6
Eastern Front 81–7, 119
Italian campaign 148
Kasserine Pass 146–7
Kharkov counter-offensive 78–9
Operation Citadel 79–81
Sicilian campaign 147–8
Stalingrad 76–8
strategy 231
tank development in interwar years 48–50
unified 2
Gesamtschlacht(total battle) 44, 47
gladiators 239
GLCMs (ground-launched cruise
missiles) 88, 118
Goering, Hermann 77
Gorbachev, Mikhail 91
Gordon, Shmuel 184
Gorlice-Tarnow, Battle of (1915) 46
Graham, Dominick 96–7, 101, 105
grand strategy 36, 111, 114, 115, 167, 180,
230,see alsostrategy
grand tactics 98, 100, 101, 102, 115, 128,
230,see alsotactics
Grande Arme ́e21, 22, 25–9
Granville-Chapman, Timothy 121,
125, 127


Gravelotte-St. Privat, Battle of (1870) 43
Great Depression 141–2
Great Wall of China 208, 209, 210
Greece 55
Griffith, Samuel 218 n.23
Guadalcanal, Battle of (1942) 146
Guderian, Heinz 53, 55
guerrilla warfare 2, 43, 137, 152, 178, 182,
198, 200, 211, 234
Gulf War (1990–1) 122, 124, 137, 156–8,
160, 200
gunpowder 205, 206, 229
Gustavus Adolphus, King of
Sweden 98

Haig, Douglas 101, 104, 105–6, 110, 111,
113, 123
Halutz, Dan 167, 182, 184
Hamburg, bombing of (1945) 150
Hamilton Smith, Lieutenant Colonel
C. 99–100, 103
Hamley, E. B.,The Operations of War100–2
Hannibal 186
Harari, Yuval 12–13
Harmar, Josiah 35
Harpe, Colonel-General Josef 85, 86
headquarters 14, 20, 21, 23–4, 26, 27, 30,
182, 189
Heinrici, Colonel-General Gottard 85
helicopters 153, 173, 183
Henderson, G. F. R. 101–4, 105, 106, 107,
108, 113, 114, 123
Hentsch Mission (1914) 61 n.42
Herodotus 21
Heye, Wilhelm 49
Hezbollah 178, 179, 180, 183, 184, 186,
187, 235
HICs (high-intensity conflicts) 167, 168,
170, 171, 178, 185, 190
Hiroshima, atomic bombing of (1945) 150
Hitler, Adolf 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 76, 77,
79, 80
Hong Xiuquan 211
Hongwu, Emperor 210
Horowitz, Dan 171
Hoth, Hermann 80
Howard, Michael 98
Huai-Hai campaign (1948–9) 199
Hundred Years War (1337–1453) 12–13

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