What is the National Military Strategy

When the US armed forces have been deployed, one strategy has always been used since the Gulf War. Blitzkrieg.

Australia's national military strategy is to play nice with the US and do what we're told.
(for the nonce)

The Belgian national strategy is guerrilla warfare.

bunyip said:

Australia's national military strategy is to play nice with the US and do what we're told.
(for the nonce)

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Arn't you forgetting the Brisbane line????

If any attacker lands we abandon the Northern half of the country and only defend the area south of Brisbane

Lawnmowerman said:

Arn't you forgetting the Brisbane line????

If any attacker lands we abandon the Northern half of the country and only defend the area south of Brisbane

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So basically you're screwed if they attack from the south?

Lawnmowerman said:

Arn't you forgetting the Brisbane line????

If any attacker lands we abandon the Northern half of the country and only defend the area south of Brisbane

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Not at all. I used the word 'is'.World War 2 actually ended in 1945.The strategy I mentioned was adopted in 1950 and has been adhered to ever since.

Zeno said:

So basically you're screwed if they attack from the south?

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You think New Zealand would attack the Australians? Or worse, the PENGUINS.

Qymaen said:

You think New Zealand would attack the Australians? Or worse, the PENGUINS.

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Too late.Fairy penguins invaded here in South Australia, but we managed to limit them to Granite Island,off Victor Harbor. (no,really)

A popular site for visitors is Granite Island, which is connected to the mainland by a short tram/pedestrian causeway. The tram service is provided by the Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram, one of the very few horse-drawn tram routes remaining in public transit service. Granite island is home to a large colony of Fairy Penguins which are a popular attraction on the island. These penguins shelter on the island during the night, departing in the morning to hunt for fish before returning at sunset.

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Victor Harbor, South Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Qymaen said:

You think New Zealand would attack the Australians? Or worse, the PENGUINS.

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The pinguin always wins. Else they'd be called pinglose.

There are two main military strategies in existence, the British Strategy and the French Strategy (though the Germans invented it).

Previousy warfare was about territory and seige warfare, when you invaded an enemy you marched to the nearest city and laid seige to it. warfare was slow exprensive and not particularly decisive and it had been this way since medieval times.

The French (Route 1) Strategy invented by Frederick the Great as an alternative to the seige warfare and perfected by Napoleon is simple, concerntrate your forces, engage the enemy forces (ignore territory, target enemy armies), eliminate them and take their powerbase/capital. Do this by the shortest most direct route. The use of this strategy can easily be traced, Frederick the great, Napoleon, Von Moltke, von Scheiffen, von Manstein, Soviet planned invasion of Europe, Swartzkopf. Just a refinement of the same idea.

The British Strategy or Peripheral Strategy involves using both army and navy in land warfare. Use your navy to move troops around. This makes your armies faster than enemy armies that have to march. Attack on multiple fronts, whereas the enemy needs 3 armies to protect three fronts. you only need one, the navy can effectively manouver it back and forth between 3 locations. Cause you opponent to spread his defenses thin. Then use you superior mobility to concerntrate and break through.

In WWI Germany used the French Strategy and Britain the Peripheral. Germany marched straight at Paris attacking the French army head on. Brtiain used Sea power to spread the war to Turkey, and the Balkans.

In WWII the Americans, who use the French Strategy, wanted D-Day and nothing else. Concerntrate forces and attack Germany, route 1. Britain wanted the Peripheral Strategy, Invade Normandy, Italy, South of France and Balkans. In the end a half and half was agreed.

In the Falklands War the Americans had trained the Argentinians in the French Strategy. So the Argentinians prepped their defenses for this. Expecting the British fleet to attacked the capital Port Stanley and lauch an all out route 1 assault. Britain used the Peripheral Strategy and landed unopposed on the far side of the island and then attacked other parts of the island leaving the capital to last.


To this day all armies either use the British or French Strategy.

Centrix Vigilis said:

Focus men focus..Penguins are not in my TOE.

Now if ya wanna discuss the USN's use of seals and dolphins.....drive on.

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Sir yes Sir. Sorry sir. Won't happen again.

Toltec said:

There are two main military strategies in existence, the British Strategy and the French Strategy (though the Germans invented it).

Previousy warfare was about territory and seige warfare, when you invaded an enemy you marched to the nearest city and laid seige to it. warfare was slow exprensive and not particularly decisive and it had been this way since medieval times.

The French (Route 1) Strategy invented by Frederick the Great as an alternative to the seige warfare and perfected by Napoleon is simple, concerntrate your forces, engage the enemy forces (ignore territory target enemy armies), eliminate then and take their powerbase capital. Do this by the shortest most direct route.

The British Strategy of the Peripheral Strategy involve using both army and navy in land warfare. Use your navy to move troops around. This made your armies faster than enemy armies that had to march. Attack on multiple fronts, whereas the enemy needs 3 armies to protect three fronts. you only need one, the navy can effectively manouver it back and forth between 3 locations.

In WWI Germany used the French Strategy and Britain the Peripheral. Germany marched straight at Paris attacking the French army head on. Used Sea power to spread the war to Turkey, and the Balkans.

In WWII the Americans, who use the French Strategy, wanted D-Day and nothing else. Concertrate forces and attack Germany, route 1. Britain wanted the Peropheral Strategy, Invade Normandy, Italy, South of France and Balkans. In the end a half and half was agreed.

In the Falklands War the AMericans had trained the Argentinians in the French Strategy. So the Argentinian prepped their defenses for this. The British fleet arrives at the capital Port Stanley and lauches a all out route 1 assault. Britain use the Peripheral Strategy and landed unopposed on the far side of the island and then attack other parts of the island leaving the capital to last.

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Good summary. Did pre-medieval armies use the French Strategy?

You forget the strategy "hit, steal much more and run back quickly" used by all nomades.

while we always try to remain nutreal, in the unlikly event of an invasion its likly we will have to go to gurrilla warfare as our army is in no way properly equiped to stand up in a head on stand against a modern army, our special forces, the rangers, would certinly put up a fight as they are very well trained and equiped, once conqerd i'd imagine the IRA woyld make a come back and work to make the countrie compliatley hostel to the occuping force

Indians might be large scale conventional warfare, with the land army as the backbone...

Qymaen said:

Good summary. Did pre-medieval armies use the French Strategy?

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Medieval armies didn't use grand strategies either. Feudal armies in Europe had 2 options:

- sieging (costly, dangerous, but it shows you really really wanted to get your hands onto something)
- chevauchée, glorified raids which could be conducted by large armies as well, the various famous English victories in the HYW were glorified chevauchées, the goal is to march through the enemy land, plunder and pillage, wage battle if needed but no sieges, mobility is the key.