The Manstein Plan was the German war plan executed by Army Group A in May 1940 through two military operations: Fall Gelb and Sichelschnitt. In the former the German forces advanced through the Ardennes (southern Belgium) and then swung up from Sedan toward the English Channel; in the latter, they swept across Holland and northern [...]

The Defense of the Reich was a World War II air campaign conducted by the Luftwaffe over Europe to protect German territory from Allied bombing raids. The Luftwaffe strategy was to prevent the German military, civil industries, and cities from being destroyed by Allied bombers. From 1940 to 1945, thousands of aircraft, most of them [...]

The Plan XVII was a French military plan drafted in 1911 by General Ferdinand Foch and adopted by the French General Staff in 1913. It was conceived during a period of rising political tensions in Europe known as the Armed Peace and as a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, in which France had [...]

Operation Rolling Thunder was the sustained United States aerial bombing campaign that was carried out by USAF’s 2nd Air Division, the US Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam from February 24, 1965, to November 1, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Although the main rationale for this campaign was to force Ho [...]

The present rules of engagement in Afghanistan and in Iraq, under the Obama Administration, seem to have been established to make the US and coalition forces lose the war against terrorism rather than winning it. Here is an excerpt from a report. "…occasionally there are riveting communications, such as a recent e-mail from a noncommissioned officer (NCO) [...]

The hammer and anvil is a classic military tactic which has been used since the beginning of organized warfare. From the ancient world, in which it was used by Alexander the Great and the Roman Generals, to the Vietnam War it has been used by Generals from every empire and nations. In ancient times the [...]