Forms of Strategy
Levels of War
Campaigns/Operations
Airpower Theorists
100

Operation Rolling Thunder relied on this form of strategy after initially trying to break North Vietnam's will failed.

Attrition

100

Robert E. Lee's attempts to convert Maryland to the Confederate cause fell under this level of war.

Strategic

100

The the joint efforts of the American and British Air Forces in Europe during World War II is referred to as the ________.

Combined Bomber Offensive

100

This Italian airpower theorist believed that Civilian morale was extremely fragile.

Guilio Douhet

200

The theory of Blitzkrieg relied on this form of strategy to defeat numerically superior militaries in World War II.

Dislocation

200

The creation of NATO and other international organizations falls under this level of war and is specifically referred to as?

Strategic; Grand/Coalition Strategy

200

Led by Robin Olds during the Vietnam War, this operation disguised F-4 Phantoms as F-105 Thunderchiefs to draw the enemy MiGs into battle and resulted in air superiority for the United States Air Force.

Operation Bolo

200

This airpower theorist is known as "the father of the US Air Force" and is also known for his world famous boiled hotdogs.

Billy Mitchell

300

The Inchon Landings during the Korean War relied on this form of strategy.

Dislocation

300
The theory of Blitzkrieg falls under this level of war.

Strategic

300

Which Confederate campaign was the first invasion of the north?

The Maryland Campaign

300

This theorist became the first commander of the world's first independent air force.

Hugh Trenchard

400

The Union's Anaconda Plan utilized this form of strategy to try and defeat the Confederacy.

Attrition

400

The Prussian reliance on the Needle Gun and the French use of the Chassepot fell under this level of war.

Tactical

400

This was the operation name for the firebombings in Hamburg.

Operation Gomorrah

500

During the German Wars of Unification, the Prussian military successfully achieved this form of strategy.

Annihilation

500

The Prussians struggled at the ______ level of war but excelled at the ________ level of war during the Franco-Prussian War.

Tactical; Operational

500

This was the operational name of the Allies invasion of Sicily during World War II.

Operation Husky

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