Manoeuvre Warfare – Chesterfield Strategy

Drivers and Dividers: The Future of Munitions in Accelerated Warfare

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Mathew Brooks in Learning and Adaptation, Manoeuvre Warfare, Technology

The future isn’t always going to be about machine-based organisms, direct-energy weapons (LASERS!) and artificial intelligence. It can be anchored in the past with the future battlespace being shaped by competing tactical and strategic demands. War will continue to be more than combat and technology and the sensationalism of new weapons and munitions may blind … Continue reading Drivers and Dividers: The Future of Munitions in Accelerated Warfare →

Countering Mass as a Middle Power: A Case Study

Posted on March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 by The Chesterfield Colonel in History, Learning and Adaptation, Manoeuvre Warfare, Strategy, Tactics

On 22nd June 1941, the Russian military was in disarray as Germany embarked upon the largest military campaign the world had ever seen; Operation Barbarossa. Tactically, the Red Army was woefully unprepared, but a robust Soviet strategic and ideological framework was in place to leverage off the concept of total national mobilisation. Russia’s ruthless approach … Continue reading Countering Mass as a Middle Power: A Case Study →

Learning from the German way of warfare in the Second World War.

Posted on August 21, 2018March 31, 2019 by nicktrotter in History, Learning and Adaptation, Manoeuvre Warfare

This post explores the German approach to Auftragstahik (mission command), blitzkrieg (combined arms integration) and officer education during the Second World War. It explores why modern military professionals remain facinated by the German approach but are unable to replicate it.