ILLUSTRATING THE LEVELS OF WAR – OPERATION ZITADELLE (KURSK), 5-14 JULY 1943, A CASE STUDY

dc.creator	James Jacobs
dc.date	2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:22Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/33-2-11
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/4d02fde6ddd64132834e57c16e0fc368
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8937
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/4d02fde6ddd64132834e57c16e0fc368
dc.description	In wartime military organisations function in a dangerous and complex<br />environment. Doctrines are designed to ensure standardisation of thinking about<br />military conflict and the use of military power. Therefore, it is defined as an explicit<br />set of concepts according to which actions in a given field are discussed and<br />executed. However, without proper communication (conveying of information)<br />vital time and opportunities will be lost in a conflict situation. Efforts to standardise<br />military technology (command language) will ensure proper communication within<br />the framework of doctrine. However, this is difficult and many debates have<br />developed on the meaning of terms and how they manifested in the past.<br />In this process military historians have a very important responsibility.<br />Until the coining of the concept of operational art and the identification of the<br />operational level of war in the English-speaking world they tended to identify any<br />clash of arms as campaigns or battles and also not in a standardised manner. This<br />led to confusion as contemporary students on senior military courses throughout the<br />world are sometimes more bewildered by Military History, rather than being led to a<br />clearer understanding of military terminology. For example, the so-called Battle of<br />the Atlantic, 1939 – 1945 was clearly a campaign and not a battle, as the discussion<br />of the term campaign will later indicate.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/11
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 33, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	ILLUSTRATING THE LEVELS OF WAR – OPERATION ZITADELLE (KURSK), 5-14 JULY 1943, A CASE STUDY
dc.type	Article