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Blitzkrieg
This tactic means "'Lightning War" and was a really aggressive tactic that the Nazi used and gave them really great success due to the speed that this tactic was developed and used. -
Period: to
40s
bonus: Manhattan Project: desing and develope of the first atomic bombs -
INTELLIGENCE: MATAPAN:
this war was marely strategic and based on information gathering. because the naval inteligence discovered that the italian forces were creating a really strong fleet, this information allowed the brish to defend themselves without Italy knowing anything and suprising them. -
OPERATION URANUS:
This was one of the greatest strategies for its time, because how the soviets overhelmed Germany with a flank and a strategic formations in order to have them cornered in every posible side, combining mobility, speed and firepower -
Rollback strategy:
This strategy is more politically based, but it basically forces a country to make a convienient change, in this case, the U.S used this strategy to overthorow the comunist regime that North Korea adopted, allowing natio wide elections. -
invasion of south korea:
The Americans used the airforce to protect south Korea -
Period: to
50s
Bonus: The Atomic bombs: The soviets aquired the Atom bomb technology -
Vietnam war start
Bombing; this was a American strategy, that basically consisted "as the name suggests" to bombard and overwhelm the enemy with bombs till they have no other choice -
North Vietnamise:
This was also a political strategy wich basically consisted on achieving the power by disabling the society, wich consisted on propaganda,, assassination and conventional military operations in order to size the power. -
Period: to
60s
space race (bonus): it was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace and spaceshps to gain an advantage over the other. -
Search and destroy strategy Vietnam:
This was a U,S Strategy wich consisted on looking for or "searching" for enemy troops or for enemy bases and "destroy" it and retreat immediately afterwards. -
Six-Day War
This war used a variation of the Blitzkrieg strategy, wich basically focused on the speed and mobility of the troops in order to take down the enemy, this is how Israel managed to win the Six-Day War. -
The Cold War, Nixon
the strategy was to make secret military incursions to destroy the NLF sanctuaries bordering on South Vietnam -
Viet Cong tactics:
In the Vietnam war, the north vietnamise troops used the "guerrilla" strategy wich consisted on traps, tunels and mazes for the US army, this strategy really made the US army struggle. -
Period: to
70s
Bonus: U.S. President Richard Nixon, orders an invation to Cambodia -
The end of the vietnam war
Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam, therefore, the country became a socialist republic -
Period: to
80s
Bonus: 1989: The wall of berlin falls -
United states invades granada
The strategy of the US wasnt really complicated, they basically invaded granada with the advantage of equipment and soldiers, although the US soldiers were hindered by a lack of intelligence on the capabilities of the Cuban troops -
Iran-Iraq War
This war was mainly won by iraq due to the usage of chemical weapons, for this reason, the iraq troops recaptured the Fāw peninsula. -
Persian Gulf War.
The strategy used in this war was similar to the "Blitzkrieg" strategy because of the mobility and speed, although the main focus of the strategy was really to have overwhelming superiority over the raqi army, this way the raqi army could be defeated even thoug they had the larger army. -
Operation Desert Storm:
this strategy was unique, this was the first time stealth aircrafts were used. the main reason why this strat worked was the precision in their decisions and the "precision-guided munitions" -
Battle of stalingrad pincer attack:
This strategy consisted in a consistent and effective counterattacks aimed to the flank of the enemy. -
Period: to
90s
Bonus: The cold war: Finally, the Cold War ends. (1991)
URSS: the URSS disbands (1991) -
Yugoslavia war
This war was a back and foward, then, the final result was given because Nato bombed the Bosnian Serbs.