Operation Desert Storm Analysis

The German force was weakened because of Russia’s army. Other countries were struggling to bring supplies to

Operations Desert Shield/Storm took place during the Gulf War, which was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of more than 30 nations mandated by the United Nations, led by the United States commanded by General Norman Schwarzkopf, who conducted one of the greatest military campaigns of all times that resulted with the coalition victory. The name Operation Desert Shield was for the operation leading to the built up of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm for the combat phase to liberate Kuwait. This war included more than 500.000 United States troops, dominated by technological superiority that definitely favored the coalition forces. The use of missiles, guided bombs and invisible plane made easy to destroy Iraqi ground targets, being so the first war in history to use the air power to defeat ground forces. The commander of this operation General Schwarzkopf was a consolidated leader with great experience in war and diplomacy, who had extend knowledge of the Middle East since the childhood. General Schwarzkopf ability to use the principles of mission command led the coalition into the desired end state, which was the defense of Saudi Arabia and liberation of Kuwait. General Norman Schwarzkopf successfully utilized mission command principles within Operation Desert Storm/Shield by creating a shared understanding, building cohesive teams through mutual trust, provide a clear commander’s intent, and accept a prudent risk, which played a

Russian inability to recognize changing tactics and weapons of modern warfare is inexcusable but sadly explainable. Because the Czar tended to centralize power and surround himself with "yes men," he missed the good advice of those in his country who could have helped guide Russia into war. Some of these choices can also be blamed on misconceptions of Russian capabilities, and of its military identity. The military reforms that were not completely halted by inept leaders were otherwise thwarted by the lack of details with which an army mobilizes and fights. Details were not an important aspect for Russian pre-war strategy or estimations.

Reality quickly set in for the Germans that they were in a stalemate on the Western Front, so they decided to shift many of their fighting forces to the Eastern Front to try and finish off the Russians. This left them with an army along the Western Front that could hold the line, but would have a hard time gaining any ground.

The battle of Stalingrad was fought in Russia, the Germans planned to swoop in and take what they wanted, but Russian leaders were expecting the Germans and they devised a top secret plan to deal with them. Russian leaders used resources to promote patriotism and they prepared

The purpose for writing this paper is to define the Battle of Baqubah in Operation Arrowhead Ripper. Within an eight year conflict in Iraq, its known that 3rd Brigade (BDE), 2nd Infantry (INF) Division (DIV) had dropped more ordnance than any other DIV in IRAQ. This will also depict the bad Intelligence (INTEL) that was given to the maneuver Battalion (BN) on the size of the al-Qaeda (AQI) in Baqubah. The lack of Intel halted the maneuver BN’s operations until the maneuver BDE plus reinforced the maneuver BN.

January 12, 1991 - U.S. Congress passes a resolution authorizing the use of force to liberate Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm begins four days later with air strikes against Iraq. Iraq retaliates by launching eight Scud missiles into Israel.

During Germany’s vigorous attempts to take a stronghold of Russia, there were many strategical mistakes that were made that lead to long and gruesome fights that destroyed so

Out East, the Soviet Army, after some early setbacks, however they began to steamrole the aggressive Germans with a taste of their own medicine. They pushed the Soviet Nations, from the awaken war. This along with large stockpiles of tanks, and aircrafts.While the Soviet Military grew. the Germans Military seemingly shrank. On May 1st German General approached Soviet General Charilen. He waived the surrender flag. They surrendered the following

Finally, it is important to talk about some of the campaigning tactics that Heller has employed already in his bid for re-election. Aside from the previously stated attempts by Heller to craft a narrative that carefully balances along the tightrope between the fired up Republican base and Democrats, Heller has taken some blatantly obvious steps to shore up his Republican credentials. The area where he’s been pushing the hardest is by crafting a narrative around supporting the troops. In fact, one of his first campaign ads was a long for video of a veteran who went into great lengths about how much Heller cared about the service men and women of the country (Washington Post 2017). The video details the story of a veteran named J.C. Ward who

In order to develop effective solutions for complex military problems, the Joint Community within the US Military adopted the methodology of Operational Design in Joint Doctrine. This methodology addresses the concept of complex, ill-structured or “wicked” problems. In fact, Lessons Learned as a result of operations conducted over the last 15 years played an instrumental role in the continued development of this doctrine. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) illustrates a perfect case study for evaluation utilizing this methodology. Therefore, the intent of this paper is to evaluate US Military campaign planning for OIF by using operational design as the framework for this analysis. First, this paper looks at how planners and commanders interpreted pre-invasion civilian policy guidance, their understanding of the current operational environment, and how these commanders defined the problem. Next, it identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the initial approach. After discussing this initial approach, this paper examines how commanders assessed the campaign and refined the approach – to include how the reframing occurred. Lastly, it provides examples of how these lessons learned shaped current joint planning policy and doctrine.

Yes Desert Storm was a decisively hard and fast undertaking, primarily because it focused one goal only, and that was the removal of the Iraqis army from Kuwait. This operation was not about forced regime change, the great thinking military mind knew better, make it clean make it fast and get the hell out of dodge. The intelligence aspect was key in our victory, it was already in place to some extent from the Iran / Iraq war. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt were selling Saddam weapon, mainly there old junk so that they could replace it with newer weapon systems from the US. Therefore, it makes sense that United States received intelligence from these other nations, they knew if Saddam was not stopped they could be and most likely would

Operation Rolling Thunder that started on the 2nd of March in 1965 had the affect on Vietnamese people of the operation ruining the North of Vietnam from the 643,000 tons of bombs that the Americans dropped on the North via one of their US aircrafts.

Russian and Soviet military history extends from the time of the Mongol invasions (13th century) to the present (Pennington, 2017). Throughout the centuries, Russia has faced fierce adversaries, starting with Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasion. The Mongol requested, by messenger, a peaceful submission from Russia. When Russia refused, the Mongol

The vast majority of Russia’s attacks in Germany were failures; even some of the highest-ranking Generals saw the war as complete chaos. The Army reserves consisted of little or untrained peasants or farm hands who had no idea about being a soldier. The weather was also an unforgettable factor as soldiers had to face freezing winters, and developed sicknesses in the masses such as Typhoid and Cholera.