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The greatest operational commanders of the last 200 years.
If I may,I'll get rid of the link between echelons and the levels of war and stick only to mission.If a SF platoon can achieve an operational or strategic objective,why call their action a small unit action?
I agree that there isn't a hard/fast link, but achieving a single objective is not enough. Who is achieving the objectives for the major operation/campaign? That commander is the operational commander that's synchronizing the tactical actions that add up to achieving the objectives of the major operation/campaign.
"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3
IMO, Adm Wm Halsey Jr. belongs on that list without question. And although probably not the greatest he is definately still one of the greatest of WWII.
Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
IMO, Adm Wm Halsey Jr. belongs on that list without question. And although probably not the greatest he is definately still one of the greatest of WWII.
I stuck to ground commanders as they are the most common operational commanders.
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By doctrine and practice, brigades and divisions in the US Army undertake tactical missions in support of major operations and campaigns that define the operational level of war. By exception and through augmentation, a division can become a JTF capable of C2ing at the operational level of war.
Shek, would you consider investing a city to prevent a last stand an operation or tactical battle?
I need more context. What's the size, population, array of forces, larger picutre, etc.?
Population arounda 1/4 of a million, regime's home town, possible base for a large post-war insurgency and possibly garrisoned by thousands of regular and irregular troops with an unknown amount of armor support.
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