Trying Not to Lose It”
The Allied Disaster in France and the Low Countries, 1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13144172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Shuster (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 272-290 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of advanced military studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2770-2596 • E-ISSN: 2770-260X |
| Publisher | Marine Corps University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.21140/mcuj.20231401012 |
| OpenAlex | W4382680542 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article argues that the critical point of failure in the Allied catastrophe in France and the Low Countries in 1940 was a military plan that ignored key tenets of operational art and planning. In doing so, it points out that the Allies lacked a strategy oriented toward victory, failed to balance their operational factors of time, space, and force, and planned against a single potential enemy course of action. Together, these components set the conditions for a swift Allied defeat that shocked the world
Action (physics · Adversary · Balance (ability · Computer security · Geography · Operations management · Operations research · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Politics · Swift · Victory · Computer Science · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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