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To: SunkenCiv
After Saddam seized Kuwait I sketched out my plan on a napkin over lunch. It was a double envelopment.

Of course, everyone knows about the strong left flank Schwartzkopf threw at Saddam.

Later, I found out his original plan was indeed a double envelopment with a Marine amphibious assault forming the right flank. Late in the game, however, they figured out they just didn't need the hazards of an amphibious landing to crush Saddam's army like a bunch of grapes.

54 posted on 02/29/2016 11:57:49 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

The single flanking move was high speed, and the start time was determined by the effectiveness of the air bombardment. It would have gotten to the desired spot and bagged the whole Iraqi army if the commander had run at night as he’d been ordered.


55 posted on 02/29/2016 1:38:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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