Soviet Cavalry Operations During the Second World War
Soviet Cavalry Operations During the Second World War While the development of tanks had largely led to the replacement of cavalry in most armies by 1939, the Soviets retained a strong mounted arm.…
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Soviet Cavalry Operations During the Second World War
While the development of tanks had largely led to the replacement of cavalry in most armies by 1939, the Soviets retained a strong mounted arm. John Harrel shows how the Soviets developed a doctrine of deep penetration, using cavalry formations to strike into the Axis rear, disrupting logistics and lines of communication, encircling and isolating units. In the terrain and conditions of the Eastern Front they were able to play an important role denied them elsewhere.
The American approach was copied by the Russians in WWI and the Russian Civil War, refined by the Soviets in the early stages of World War Two and perfected during the last two years of the war. Interestingly he shows that this doctrine did not stem from the native cavalry tradition of the steppe but from the example of the American Civil War. The Soviet experience demonstrated that deep operations (cavalry raids) against
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