Today, the tactical challenges of operating within an anti- access/area-denial environment form the focus of the United States Navy. While the tactical tasks are daunting, they must no longer remain the Navy's first priority. If naval leadership continues to focus on tactical-level difficulties rather than working towards the proper development of an operational-level goal linked to a desired strategic end-state, the results on the high-seas will be disastrous. This paper uses an operational art analysis of the German Operation CERBERUS during World War II to demonstrate the paramount importance of the operational level over the tactical level in an anti-access/area-denial environment. If the U.S. Navy only solves the tactical challenges, but does not link these solutions to a properly envisioned operational-level objective, it will suffer a similar failure as the Germans did after Operation CERBERUS.
Tactical Success and Operational Failure in the Anti-Access Area-Denial Environment: A Historical Operational Art Analysis of Operation CERBERUS
2012
27 pages
Report
No indication
English
Education, Law, & Humanities , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Access , Area denial , Channels(Waterways) , Germany , Military history , Second world war , United kingdom , Air power , Air strikes , Bomber aircraft , Fighter aircraft , Joint military activities , Lessons learned , Naval vessels(Combatant) , Navy , Straits , Tactical warfare , Anti-access/area-denial environment , Operational art , Cerberus operation , English channel , Tactical success , Operational failure , Strategic goals , Operational objectives , Kriegsmarine , Luftwaffe , Royal air force , Royal navy , Dover straits
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