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This new approach not only considered military strategy and tactics, but also introduced a new intermediate level of military art: operations. The Soviet Union's military was the first to officially distinguish the third level of military thinking which occupied the position between strategy and tactics. [1]
It correlates political requirements with military power. Operational art is defined by its military-political scope, not by force size, scale of operations or degree of effort. Likewise, operational art provides theory and skills, and the operational level permits doctrinal structure and process. [3]
The Role of Intelligence in Soviet Military Strategy in World War II. Novato, California: Presidio Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-89141-380-6. Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle. London; Portland, Oregon: F. Cass. 1991. ISBN 978-0-7146-4077-8. From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942–August 1943 ...
The Soviet Ministry of Defense supervised the writing of the encyclopedia, with contributions from prominent Soviet military leaders and military scientists. Then-Minister of Defense Andrei Grechko chaired the Main Editorial Commission of the encyclopedia for volumes one and eight, and then-Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Ogarkov took over ...
This category contains historical military operations which were planned or executed by Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (1917–1991). Please see the category guidelines for more information. See also Category:Military operations involving Russia
Soviet adoption of the principles of war is considered a part of military art, and is therefore a system of knowledge that is . the theory and practice of preparing and conducting military operations on the land, at sea, and in the air. [10] As such it includes the following principles [11] High combat readiness
The content of the journal was devoted to the study of problems of military policy, military art and other aspects of military affairs. After the October Revolution, on June 1, 1918, a journal with similar content began to be published in the Soviet Republic under the title "Military Affairs". In the period until 1937, the magazine repeatedly ...
Such operations typically involved at least one Front – the largest military formation of the Soviet Armed Forces. The operations could be defensive, offensive, a withdrawal, an encirclement, or a siege – always conducted by at least two Services of the armed forces (the ground forces and the air forces) and often included the naval forces.