Deep Maneuver: Historical Case Studies of Maneuver in Large-Scale Combat Operations

by Jack D. Kem (Editor), Army University Press

This book has maps, pictures, charts, and footnotes. It was published September 2018, and is part of a series but can be read standalone.

“The various terms of “deep maneuver,” “deep attack,” and “deep operations” have been prominent in Army doctrine for many years. The concept relates to extending operations in time, space, and purpose in order to gain an advantage over enemy forces and capabilities before adversaries can use their capabilities against friendly forces… Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, emphasizes this concept of extending operations in time, space, and purpose in order to gain an advantage over potential peer enemies — in highly contested, lethal environments — in order to prevail and win. Deep maneuver — the employment of forces using the combination of movement and fires to gain a position of relative advantage over enemies — is fundamental to warfighting… Deep maneuver for large-scale combat operations at the division and corps level has not been practiced for many years in the US Army. The focus on stability operations and protracted counterinsurgency campaigns caused a shift away from large-scale combat operations and conducting deep maneuver. The current operational environment demands that we once again sharpen our focus on the threats that exist today and study deep maneuver as a core competency.

“This book is a collection of 11 historical case studies of deep maneuver operations and campaigns drawn from the past 100 years with lessons for modern large-scale ground combat operations (LSCO). The book is also focused on operations at the division and corps level, chronologically organized to include case studies from World War II, the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The last two chapters provide perspectives on the future of deep maneuver.”

This book includes:
Chapter 1 Surprise: The XIX Panzer Corps’ Lightning Advance into France, May 1940; by Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Shanahan;
Chapter 2 Considerations for Deep Maneuver: Operation “Crusader”, by Major Glen L. Scott;
Chapter 3 The Debaltsevo Raid by the Bashkir Cavalry Division During “Operation Gallop,” February 1943, by Robert F. Baumann and William E. Bassett;
Chapter 4 Creating Operational Depth through Coalition Integration: Seventh Army and Operation Dragoon, by Major Christopher J. Shepherd;
Chapter 5 Command Decisions on Counterattack and Deep Envelopment in the Battle of the Bulge, by Dean A. Nowowiejski;
Chapter 6 From the Vistula to the Oder: Soviet Deep Maneuver in 1945, by Major (US Marine Corps Reserve) Timothy G. Heck;
Chapter 7 The Israeli Experience: The Apogee of Blitzkrieg, by Major Ronnie L. Coutts, British Army;
Chapter 8 Task Force Normandy: The Deep Operation that Started Operation Desert Storm , by Colonel Paul E. Berg and Kenneth E. Tilley;
Chapter 9 Army Attack Aviation: The 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment’s Deep Strike in Karbala, by Gregory Fontenot, E.J. Degen, and David W. Tohn;
Chapter 10 Task Force Viking: Conventional Forces-Special Operations Forces Synergy in Large-Scale Ground Combat Operations, by Daniel E. Stoltz, Stephen E. Ryan, and Joseph A. Royo;
Chapter 11 Maintaining Capability and Options: Dismounted Reconnaissance in the Division and Corps Deep Area, by Major Brendon E. Terry;
Chapter 12 The Future of Army Aviation in Deep Maneuver, by Major General William K. Gayler;
Chapter 13 Disrupted, Degraded, Denied, but Dominant: The Future Multi-Domain Operational Environment, by Major General Gary M. Brito and Major Keith T. Boring.

399 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2018