Moltke Tactical Problem 2
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- This series presents in shortened video form the tactical problems Field Marshal Moltke presented at the Prussian Army Staff College. Moltke coined the phrase that "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." He believed fighting effectively was exploring a series of options and these options were explored in his Tactical Problems.
In these videos we look at these problems, and their solutions, with the lens of playing wargames well.
This video is about the question, and solution for Problem 2
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Apologies in advance for being snooty, but town names like Weinsheim, Rommersheim, etc. are pronounced weins-heim, not wein-sheim. "Heim" is the equivalent of the English "home", the 's' is possessive, similar to English. Compare: Wineshome would be Wine's-home, not wine-shome.
No problem! Thanks for the information. Its like hearing people say "nukular" or "calvary" - the mispronunciation once is OK but hearing it throughout a video is grating. Appreciate the feedback.
@@UmpireLaFondiose "sch" is used in german for the "sh" sound (as in "Schroeder"), otherwise treat them as separate consonants and not a dipthong
Got it kinda right!!
What did you come up with?
This resembles Napoleons "Defeat in Detail". While it is more about splitting up the enemies force its applicable here too. Defeating the enemies smaller contingents before their able to concentrate is a good way to use local superiority. ex. ua-cam.com/video/zz3JmXSEM4o/v-deo.html
That is what it is - defeat in detail.
Concentration to take the third option : because this manoeuver will make the division fear separation from its main force and force its retreat.
"March separately, fight together" is a Moltke dictum. He always looked to concentrate.
Thanks for this
Enjoy!
Forgot which confederate general said ,to put it simply "Get there firstus with the mostest" things Don't change alott in this regards just described differently.
It was Nathan Bedford Forrest, and it was in a conversation with another famous secessionist cavalry raider. They were discussing their well known operations and complimenting each other with praise. The other raider said something to the effect of how brilliant one of Forrest's raid was, and Forrest replied in a self deprecating way, "Oh, I just got their first with the most men." It was so quotable it took on a life of its own. Ill tempered Union commentators, attempting to paint Forrest as uneducated (he was a self taught general), created the firstust and mostest version. Forrest was an educated man and originally said it in correct English. Its hard to speak positively of Forrest given his post-war politics and involvement in the racist movement of the day, but the quote is a great one and the concept simple and clear!
Thanks for posting. I'm still looking for this work in hardback. I have a reprint, but can't find a copy in print that isn't crazy expensive.
My suggestion is get the .pdf as all the physical copies now are the bound version of that work. I am working on a physical version with maps so people can enjoy them as they do the videos. I myself would love an older version of the book but have yet to locate one.
@@UmpireLaFondiose thanks. I have most original works that are by or are on Moltke but not this one. Another work you might be interested in is the old war college printing of Von Schlieffen 'Cannae' and Atlas (2 Volume set). Covers a lot of historical scenarios. I'll be looking for that map edition
What game are you guys playing?
We play the Kriegsspiel format in a variety of periods. I tend to umpire 19th century European battles. We have American Civil War, Napoleonic and Ancients. WW2 is popular.
Number 3?
Yay! I got it right.
@@The1JHorton Main effort on avenue 3, yep! There you go!