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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/18554346

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  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    They did the same thing in WWII, the Soviets would find which portions of the Axis lines were manned by Italians or Romanians and concentrate their attack there.

    • machiabelly [she/her]
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      5 months ago

      Keeping a relatively high percentage of troops in reserve so they could be redeployed to exploit weak points was a core part of soviet doctrine. When all you have to do to identify a weak point is look at their flag it makes things a lot easier.

        • machiabelly [she/her]
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          5 months ago

          Yeah kinda! The official name was deep battle or deep operations.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_operation