Strategy
The Turk in WWI
The Turks established a reputation for themselves as fierce fighters in defensive battles. Their lines around Gaza were strengthened in 1916 and 1917. Ottoman officers who successfully defended Gaza during the first battle. First Battle of Gaza Turkey, despite its backwardness, had twice defeated Britain in battle, and its military contribution to the war as a whole was greater than…
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The Turk in WWI
The Turks established a reputation for themselves as fierce fighters in defensive battles. Their lines around Gaza were strengthened in 1916 and 1917. Ottoman officers who successfully defended Gaza during the first battle. First Battle of Gaza Turkey, despite its backwardness, had twice defeated Britain in battle, and its military…
Soviet policy and strategy in the Mediterranean
Since the end of World War II Soviet policy and strategy in the Mediterranean has undergone several major changes. After the defeat of Nazi Germany the Soviet position in the Black Sea was greatly strengthened by the establishment of the communist-led rebellion in Greece. Turkey’s geostrategic position in the Aegean…
Hitler’s Undoing! Part I
In Hitler’s headquarters there was no intimation of these future troubles in the first seven months of 1942, for it looked as if Germany’s two most important opponents would be unable to keep on  fighting much longer. In the spring the Afrika Korps, whose first thrust towards Cairo had been…
Hitler’s Undoing! Part II
Hitler had always had a tendency to over-emphasize the power of the will to master difficult situations, and this made him disinclined to admit that space and time and the strength and morale of the enemy impose limits upon one’s military capabilities. In the grim winter of 1941-2 Halder, Chief…
Southern Strategy
Robert E. Lee The first great battle came on July 21, 1861, a few months after the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter. At the Battle of First Bull Run fought near the Union capital, a Southern army defeated its Union counterpart in a hard-fought struggle that lasted most of the…
A Strategy of Concentration
A personal favorite of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Braxton Bragg was a fine organizer and a strategist of real ability during the Civil War. However, his lack of nerve under stress, coupled with a garrulous, combative personality, limited his effectiveness for field command and cost the Confederacy several key victories.…