Attack Its Weak Point: Difference between revisions

* Really any form of combat style at any level is "attack weak point/prevent same". The tricky part is getting at it and sometimes finding even what it is(at. At high policy levels this can often require what amounts to telepathy to decide which mind tricks will deflatedemoralize one'sthe foe and which will just make him more madangrier, or worse make neutrals mad).

* The German word for this translates as "sharp place". Basically in their old blitzkrieg doctrine, much of which is still sound (though making it work is as always the tricky part), the offensive starts by feeling around about the front (which means the poor chaps that "feel out" the wrong place get shafted) until it starts to give in one place, then rushing reserves to it and shatter it then racing the tanks whowhich did this through rather recklessly while ignoring their flanks (they are going totoo fast to be hit on a flank anyway), and being rather cavalier about supply lines (this was a doozy and was often the [[Achilles' Heel]] of the whole system), andas well as getting in among the enemies' infrastructure to cause a cascade failure in supplies, morale, and pretty much everything.

**The same thing was done in the Pacific by both the Americans and the Japanese though the Americans did it better, in the end having more resources. There were differences. It is easier to get into the enemy territory at sea thenthan on land because the sea is so big and ships are so small compared to sprawling divisions of tanks and infantry. One limit many people do not know about is that airstopsaircraft at the time needed a fairly steady prevailing wind to get lift under the wing -- which meant that not only could you not bypass every island, the islands you could not bypass could reasonably be guessed at. All that said, the Pacific often lookslooked like a nautical version of blitzkrieg with carriers as armored divisions, battleships as artillery, and Marines as infantry doing the dirty mop up.