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The Russian View of Deep Battle: Implications for the War in Ukraine

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The Russian View of Deep Battle: Implications for the War in Ukraine

Stephen Cimbala1 Comment

Russia’s conduct of military operations in Ukraine cannot be understood without revisiting one of the most influential concepts in Soviet and Russian operational art: Deep Battle. Developed in the 1920s…

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