Ep. 16: Gerry Roncolato on the U.S. Navy
School of War
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The Marines' Manoeuvre Warfare Ethos
The maneuver warfare that the Marines based it on is based on a German off-trucks tactic, which was applied after World War II to describe what the Germans had done up in World War I and World War II. It took them that long to get this all in place so that they had the right culture. Junior Oster understood, you know, you could like general, general bulk in the, trying to soar up the front west of Stalingrad in 1942. And he would meet with his division commanders. He'd go drive around and meet with them. All his orders were verbal, very short verbal. They knew what to do and which ones he had to really stick with
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