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schwerpunktprinzip
warfare theory
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history of blitzkrieg principles
- In blitzkrieg: Blitzkrieg in principle
…had its origins with the Schwerpunktprinzip (“concentration principle”) proposed by Carl von Clausewitz in his seminal work On War (1832). Having studied generals who predated Napoleon, Clausewitz found that commanders of various armies had dispersed their forces without focused reasoning, which resulted in those forces’ being used inefficiently. So as…
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