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    Operational Logic And Identifying Soviet Operational Centers Of Gravity During Operation Barbarossa, 1941
    Operational Logic And Identifying Soviet Operational Centers Of Gravity During Operation Barbarossa, 1941
    Operational Logic And Identifying Soviet Operational Centers Of Gravity During Operation Barbarossa, 1941
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    Operational Logic And Identifying Soviet Operational Centers Of Gravity During Operation Barbarossa, 1941

    By Major David J. Bongi

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    This monograph examines Soviet operational centers of gravity during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Specifically, the examination focuses in two areas: (1) German planning for Operation Barbarossa; (2) the operational objectives selected for the second phase of the campaign.

    The second phase was selected because it was during this phase that the focus of the German military effort became diverse. Two competing strategies within the German political and military command structure caused this. While political-ideological and economic factors influenced one, purely military concerns influenced the other. In the end, the Germans diluted combat power in phase two towards three operational objectives: Moscow, Leningrad, and the Ukraine.

    Thus, the research question for this monograph is: Which, if any, of the German operational objectives for the second phase of the campaign were also Soviet operational centers of gravity?

    The analysis of operational objectives uses Colonel William Mendel’s and Colonel Lamar Tooke’s analytical model called “Operational Logic: Selecting the Center of Gravity.” Potential centers of gravity are analyzed using a validity and a feasibility test.

    This monograph concludes that Moscow was the operational center of gravity for the campaign by virtue of its direct and intrinsic relationship to the strategic center of gravity—the Soviet Military.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786254047
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      Operational Logic And Identifying Soviet Operational Centers Of Gravity During Operation Barbarossa, 1941 - Major David J. Bongi

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      Text originally published in 1994 under the same title.

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      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      OPERATIONAL LOGIC AMD IDENTIFYING SOVIET OPERATIONAL CENTERS OF GRAVITY DURING OPERATION BARBAROSSA, 1941

      by

      MAJ David J. Bongi, USA

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      I. INTRODUCTION 6

      Methodology 7

      II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF CENTER OF GRAVITY 9

      III. GERMAN STRATEGY: OPERATION BARBAROSSA 16

      Strategic Setting 16

      Political-Ideological and Economic Aims: Operation Barbarossa 17

      Military Forces 18

      Other Factors—Time, Space, and Terrain 20

      Military Strategy 20

      Strategic Objectives 21

      Strategic Center of Gravity 22

      Operational Plans 22

      Operational Objectives 23

      IV. ANALYZING GERMAN OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES 25

      The Validity Test 26

      Leningrad 27

      Ukraine 27

      Moscow 28

      The Feasibility Test 30

      V. CONCLUSIONS 32

      APPENDIX A—KEY TERMS 33

      APPENDIX B: OPERATIONAL AREA MAP 34

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 35

      SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 36

      BOOKS 36

      GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS 37

      ARTICLES 37

      ABSTRACT

      This monograph examines Soviet operational centers of gravity during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Specifically, the examination focuses in two areas: (1) German planning for Operation Barbarossa; (2) the operational objectives selected for the second phase of the campaign.

      The second phase was selected because it was during this phase that the focus of the German military effort became diverse. Two competing strategies within the German political and military command structure caused this. While political-ideological and economic factors influenced one, purely military concerns influenced the other. In the end, the Germans diluted combat power in phase two towards three operational objectives: Moscow, Leningrad, and the Ukraine.

      Thus, the research question for this monograph is: Which, if any, of the German operational objectives for the second phase of the campaign were also Soviet operational centers of gravity?

      The analysis of operational objectives uses Colonel William Mendel’s and Colonel Lamar Tooke’s analytical model called Operational Logic: Selecting the Center of Gravity. Potential centers of gravity are analyzed using a validity and a feasibility test.

      This monograph concludes that Moscow was the operational center of gravity for the campaign by virtue of its direct and intrinsic relationship to the strategic center of gravity—the Soviet Military.

      I. INTRODUCTION

      At 0330 on 22 June 1941, the German Army invaded the Soviet Union. Operation Barbarossa, the code name for the invasion, involved more than three million men, 3,350 tanks, and 7,134 artillery pieces.{1} With the war still unfinished in the West, Germany opened a second front,

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