ABSTRACT
The Soviet military concept of operational art and the associated theories such as "war of annihilations", "deep battle", and "deep operations" have been observed by the West since World War II. The Soviet government hid their military-theoretical work behind a veil of secrecy. Here, the Soviet theories are revealed in the words of those who created them in peacetime and applied them in war.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
Problems of Strategy and Operational Art in Soviet Military Works (1917–140) 1
Chief of the General Staff, Marshal of the Soviet Union M. V. Zakharov
chapter |29 pages
The Development of the Theory of Soviet Operational Art in the 1930s 1
G. Isserson
2
chapter |22 pages
Some Questions Concerning the Development of Strategic Theory in the 1920s
Major General N. Pavlenko
1
chapter |17 pages
Soviet Operational Art in the Great Patriotic War
General of the Army I. Pavlovskiy
1
chapter |13 pages
Some Features of Modern Military Art
Major General M. Cherednichenko, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |11 pages
The Evolution in the Correlation of Strategy, Operational Art, and Tactics
Lieutenant General I. Zav'yalov, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |14 pages
Principles of Military Art and their Development
Colonel V. Chervonobab, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |16 pages
The Theory of the Deep Operation and its Developmental Trends
Colonel L. I. Voloshin, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |12 pages
Soviet Operational Art: Birth and Primary Stages of Development
Colonel N. N. Fomin
1
chapter |13 pages
On the General Fundamentals of the Theory of Soviet Operational Art
Major General V. F. Mozolev, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |9 pages
On the Issue of the Origin and Development of the Operation
Colonel R. Savushkin, Docent, Candidate of Historical Sciences
1
chapter |10 pages
The Joint Operation – The Main Form of Modern Combat Actions: An Analysis of Historical Experience and Contemporaneity
Colonel General M. I. Bezkhrebtyy
1
chapter |13 pages
The Preparation of Successive Offensive Operations: History and Contemporaneity
Colonel General M. I. Bezkhrebtyy, Candidate of Military Sciences, Docent
1
chapter |9 pages
On the Question of the Origin of the Theory of Successive Offensive Operations (1921–29) 1
Colonel R. Savushkin, Candidate of Historical Sciences
chapter |9 pages
Simultaneous Action against the Entire Depth of the Enemy's Operational Structure – Leading Trends in the Development of the Theory of Operational Art
Major General P. G. Skachko, Doctor of Military Sciences, Professor
1
chapter |8 pages
The Evolution of Views on Defense in the Interwar Years
Colonel R. A. Savushkin, Doctor of Historical Sciences
1
chapter |11 pages
The Development of the Theory of Deep Offensive Battle in the Prewar Years
Colonel V. I. Ul'yanov
1
chapter |11 pages
On the Evolution of the Principles of Military Art
Colonel Ye. G. Korotchenko, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
chapter |14 pages
Soviet Military Doctrine and Some Views on the Nature of War in Defense of Socialism
General of the Army G. I. Salmanov
1
chapter |11 pages
Preparation and Conduct of Army Operations: Historical Experience and Contemporaneity
Lieutenant General (Ret.) V. G. Reznichenko
1
chapter |11 pages
Developmental Trends of Armed Struggle
Colonel A. N. Zakharov, Candidate of Military Sciences
1
