![]() ![]() ![]() Basically using Halseys reputation as an overextender as bait. The closest ww2 comparisons are Patton's attitudes on always advance and when at the tail end of the war they sent Halsey to Japan in battleships to start shelling factories to try and bait the Japanese Air Force out to attack him and get destroyed by nearby carriers purposely not providing direct air cover. Two days later Abrams driving into Downtown behind Baghdad Bob during his we are slaughtering them speech. He says his mission was to attack an infantry battalion dug in around Baghdad and he killed a few hundred of them. The next day they interviewed an Apache pilot getting out of his helicopter and asked him what his mission was and how it went. I have this vivid memory of watching CNN during the invasion of Iraq and they were talking about how the elite Iraqi divisions were digging in around Baghdad and it was going to take weeks and thousands of lives to dislodge them. German success in the Battle of the Bulge depended in part on the existence of cloud cover that would keep Allied air forces grounded. As the war progressed and the Germans lost control of the air, their panzer units suffered heavy losses from Allied air-to-ground aircraft such as the Soviet IL-2 and American P-47 Thunderbolt. This is true with all operations that focus heavily on the use of armored fighting vehicles, whether it be maneuver oriented or more attrition oriented. Without it, the tanks were vulnerable to counter-attacks from enemy aircraft. If the terrain was hilly, combat was in an urban area, or if the weather turned the ground muddy (as in the Soviet Union), the armored units would slow down and become vulnerable to anti-tank units or worse to the enemy being able to react to attacks more effectively. First, it was heavily dependent on good weather and good terrain. There was three flaws to the Blitzkrieg tactic. Its success was due to a combination of surprise and favorable terrain. The tactic worked most effectively in Europe against the French and the Netherlands, and in the beginning of the conflict against the Soviet Union. The armored columns were followed by infantry units that would exploit the gaps and surround the isolated enemy units. Once the columns were through the line, they would not stop but continue into the enemy rear, disrupting their supply lines and cutting off units. Blitzkrieg was a maneuver tactic where armored columns would break through the enemy lines, supported by artillery and attack aircraft. ![]()
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