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    Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa: A Possible Model For Future Soviet Defensive Doctrine
    Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa: A Possible Model For Future Soviet Defensive Doctrine
    Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa: A Possible Model For Future Soviet Defensive Doctrine
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    Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa: A Possible Model For Future Soviet Defensive Doctrine

    By Major Terry B. Wilson

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    This monograph examines the historic attack by Adolf Hitler’s Germany against the Soviet defenses in 1941. It examines actions of both armed forces to analyze what went wrong and what went right for each side. It focuses on Soviet defenses to determine the usefulness of defensive planning and operations of 1941 to today’s announced policy of reasonable sufficiency and non-offensive defense. The monograph begins with an analysis of current Soviet military doctrine and President Gorbachev’s stated political ideal of ‘reasonable sufficiency’ and his goal for the military of a doctrine of ‘non-offensive defense.’ The monograph continues with an examination of Soviet military theory, an historical analysis of Operation Barbarossa, and an analysis of the usefulness of the campaign for modern doctrinal development. The Soviets use historical models in the scientific development of their doctrine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786257086
    Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa: A Possible Model For Future Soviet Defensive Doctrine

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      Soviet Defense Against Operation Barbarossa - Major Terry B. Wilson

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      SOVIET DEFENSE AGAINST OPERATION BARBAROSSA: A POSSIBLE MODEL FOR FUTURE SOVIET DEFENSIVE DOCTRINE

      BY

      MAJOR TERRY B. WILSON USA

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      INTRODUCTION 6

      SOVIET THEORY 9

      HISTORY—OPERATION BARBAROSSA 15

      ANALYSIS 22

      CONCLUSIONS 25

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 28

      BOOKS 28

      PAMPHLETS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS 28

      JPRS TRANSLATIONS 29

      PERIODICALS 30

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 31

      ABSTRACT

      This monograph examines the historic attack by Adolf Hitler’s Germany against the Soviet defenses in 1941. It examines actions of both armed forces to analyze what went wrong and what went right for each side. It focuses on Soviet defenses to determine the usefulness of defensive planning and operations of 1941 to today’s announced policy of reasonable sufficiency and non-offensive defense.

      The monograph begins with an analysis of current Soviet military doctrine and President Gorbachev’s stated political ideal of reasonable sufficiency and his goal for the military of a doctrine of non-offensive defense. The monograph continues with an examination of Soviet military theory, an historical analysis of Operation Barbarossa, and an analysis of the usefulness of the campaign for modern doctrinal development. The Soviets use historical models in the scientific development of their doctrine. Thus, the method of examining this campaign for use in future doctrinal development is valid. Analytical criteria used in evaluation of the model as the Soviets might view it include:

      Is the model ideologically supportable through use of the dialectic?

      Does the model meet the needs established by political doctrine?

      Does the model demonstrate success or potential success to accomplish the stated Soviet goals?

      The monograph concludes that many aspects of the model may be useful in the future development of Soviet defensive doctrine despite the fact that the campaign was considered a failure by the Soviets. Such concepts as a mixture of fixed defensives with large scale counterattacks at both the tactical and operational levels would provide the Soviets a balanced approach to defensive planning. The model also shows that Soviet thinking during 1941 was anything but defensive. The Soviets were always looking forward to offensive operations as guided by their theoretical development. While this could make the campaign appear to focus on the offensive, most Soviet military writers view pure defense as unacceptable. Those writers think in terms of a mix of offense and defense as necessary to successful defenses. Pure defensive operations were not a part of defenses against Hitler’s invasion in 1941 and should not be expected in future Soviet doctrine.

      INTRODUCTION

      "It is generally realized that our doctrine rests on a foundation not of preparing for war, but rather of preventing the latter; on the assurance of peace;

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