Deep operation

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Deep operation is a Soviet military doctrine emphasizing large-scale, coordinated offensives designed to penetrate and disrupt an enemy’s entire depth rather than just its front lines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military doctrine
military doctrine
aimsTo collapse enemy defensive system
destroy enemy operational reserves
disorganize enemy command and control
appliesTo operational art
strategic warfare
codifiedIn Soviet military law
surface form: Soviet field regulations of the 1930s
contrastsWith attritional frontal assaults
coreConcept continuous offensive pressure
exploitation by mobile forces
operational-level breakthrough
successive operations in depth
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
developedBy Soviet military doctrine
surface form: Red Army theorists
developedIn 1920s
1930s
emphasizes air-ground coordination
combined arms operations
depth over linear front attacks
mechanized and armored forces
operational maneuver groups
simultaneity of operations
successive echelons of attack
field military science
focusesOn disruption of enemy rear areas
large-scale coordinated offensives
penetration of enemy depth
simultaneous attacks throughout enemy depth
influenced modern operational art theories
postwar Soviet operational doctrine
influencedBy Russian Civil War
surface form: Russian Civil War operations

World War I experiences
keyTheorist Georgii Isserson NERFINISHED
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Vladimir Triandafillov NERFINISHED
relatedConcept deep battle
operational maneuver warfare
requires coordination of multiple echelons
high force density at breakthrough sectors
robust command and control
strong logistics support
targets enemy command posts
enemy communications network
enemy logistics
enemy reserves
usedBy Red Army
usedIn Eastern Front of World War II
surface form: World War II Eastern Front

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Soviet Ground Forces doctrine Deep operation