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    Manstein’s Campaigns - More Than Tactics
    Manstein’s Campaigns - More Than Tactics
    Manstein’s Campaigns - More Than Tactics
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    Manstein’s Campaigns - More Than Tactics

    By Major Walter J. Wood

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    The purpose of this paper is to analyze selected campaigns/operations of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein in order to draw lessons from those campaigns as they relate to command, control, communications (C3) and logistics — subjects of immediate and relevant interest to those who take up the profession of arms. But all too often, histories of battles, campaigns and entire conflicts neglect the treatment of these areas. And when these factors are dealt with, the treatment they receive is likely to be rather shallow, lacking the depth necessary for the student to analyze these factors/functions as they related to overall success or failure. This analysis will be conducted of specific, delineated functions as they relate to C3, but owing to the far reaching scope of logistics, this paper will be limited to treating a few critical aspects of logistics as they impacted on the campaigns of Manstein and the German Army. The second chapter will introduce Manstein to the reader and highlight his accomplishments. Chapter III will deal with C3 functions as they related, supported or were used by Manstein, and the fourth chapter will deal with key logistics issues as they influenced/impacted the campaigns of Manstein. The final chapter will present some conclusions and broad lessons derived from the German experience in general.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerdun Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786251961
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      Manstein’s Campaigns - More Than Tactics - Major Walter J. Wood

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      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      Manstein’s Campaigns — More Than Tactics

      By

      Walter J. Wood

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION 6

      CHAPTER II — FIELD MARSHAL ERICH VON (LEWINSKI) MANSTEIN THE MAN AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS 8

      CHAPTER III — COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS (C³) 14

      GENERAL 14

      COMMAND AND CONTROL – DEFINITION 14

      COMMAND 14

      COMMAND AND CONTROL 16

      COMMAND AND CONTROL OF ALLIED FORMATIONS 19

      COMMUNICATIONS 20

      CHAPTER IV — LOGISTICS 24

      BACKGROUND 24

      PLANNING 25

      TRANSPORT-RAILROAD 27

      WHEELED TRANSPORT 29

      FUEL 32

      EQUIPMENT — REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT 32

      MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 33

      REPLACEMENT 34

      CHAPTER V — CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS 36

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 41

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 42

      A. BOOKS 42

      B. U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 42

      C. TRANSCRIPTS/STUDIES 43

      ABSTRACT

      The purpose of this paper is to analyze selected campaigns/operations of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein in order to draw lessons from those campaigns as they relate to command, control, communications (C3) and logistics — subjects of immediate and relevant interest to those who take up the profession of arms. But all too often, histories of battles, campaigns and entire conflicts neglect the treatment of these areas. And when these factors are dealt with, the treatment they receive is likely to be rather shallow, lacking the depth necessary for the student to analyze these factors/functions as they related to overall success or failure. This analysis will be conducted of specific, delineated functions as they relate to C3, but owing to the far reaching scope of logistics, this paper will be limited to treating a few critical aspects of logistics as they impacted on the campaigns of Manstein and the German Army. The second chapter will introduce Manstein to the reader and highlight his accomplishments. Chapter III will deal with C3 functions as they related, supported or were used by Manstein, and the fourth chapter will deal with key logistics issues as they influenced/impacted the campaigns of Manstein. The final chapter will present some conclusions and broad lessons derived from the German experience in general.

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION

      On 1 September 1939, the German Army smashed into Poland and in five short weeks forced her to capitulate. But Poland was a backward nation with a poorly equipped and ill prepared army. France and her allies would be a different issue. The German war machine would surely be held in check by the French Army, by all accounts the largest and best equipped army on the continent. To the strategic calculus was added the seapower of Britain and her expeditionary forces deployed to France, and the victory of the allies appeared to be all but assured. At a minimum, if not thrown back to her original borders, the final German drive for European hegemony would assuredly be dashed on the Maginot Line. But to the dismay of France and Britain, the outcome was not to be decided by the prevailing conventional wisdom:

      Before the end of June 1940, Germany bestrode the continent of Europe like a colossus. She dominated the whole of western, central and south-eastern Europe — except for the small island of Britain on the western fringe.{1}

      In the late spring of 1940, the world was awe-struck by the apparent invincibility of the German war machine Subsequent to some lesser operations, Hitler unleashed his army on Russia in June 1941. After a few brief weeks the army was poised to seize Leningrad in the north, capture the Russian capital and wrest complete control of the Ukraine from the Soviets. However, now the fortunes of war turned, the German Army was held at bay and after some number of local victories in 1942 the German Army was driven steadily rearward and by 1945 Germany was helpless in front of the allied armies that fought against her. What had happened to the German Army and blitzkrieg? The answer is perhaps best provided by Gen F. W. von Mellenthin:

      "By the end of 1941 [the] German war economy was in a serious plight. We did not have the oil supplies necessary for waging

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