ID Section Concepts Flashcards
Concepts covered in the course study guide for the ID section of the test.
OFFENSIVE & LEGITIMACY:
The Battle of Bunker Hill
British OFFENSIVE was successful (sustained attack and maintained momentum)
British LEGITIMACY was undermined; showed the Brit’s weakness by not completely destroying Patriots
OFFENSIVE:
Battle of Charleston
British failed the OFFENSIVE due to squandering movements
OFFENSIVE:
Princeton
Patriots sustain the OFFENSIVE by using deception to surprise Cornwallis
UNITY OF COMMAND & OFFENSIVE:
Saratoga Campaign
British failed UNITY OF COMMAND due to poor communication among the three commanders.
OFFENSIVE/St. Leger’s disappearing army
LEGITIMACY:
Waxhaws Massacre
British fail LEGITIMACY when they shot at Patriots who were surrendering
LEGITIMACY:
Southern Guerilla War
Sumter & Marion maintained LEGITIMACY; British failed to maintain it
LEGITIMACY:
King’s Mountain
British fail LEGITIMACY because Tories switched sides during the battle
OFFENSIVE:
Cowpens
Morgan upheld the OFFENSIVE because he had strong control
OFFENSIVE:
Guilford Courthouse Campaign
Green uses Cornwallis’ aggressiveness against him (wares troops out), Green isn’t trying to initiate but controls the fight
OFFENSIVE:
Detroit Front
Harrison orders a mounted attack
LEGITIMACY:
Jackson’s Creek War Campaign
Jackson upheld LEGITIMACY because he aided and protected those who switched sides (appeal to morality)
OFFENSIVE:
Vera Cruz
Scott maintains the OFFENSIVE; he moves quickly and controls the fight via an amphibious landing
OFFENSIVE:
Cerro Gordo
Santa Ana was forced to react
OFFENSIVE:
Battle of Contreras
Lee controls the fight (finds and maneuvers through a goat trail)
LEGITIMACY:
Chapultepec
Scott gains LEGITIMACY because he acts as government for Mexico City, example of good COIN
PERSEVERANCE:
Anaconda Plan
The plan would take about a year and a half to complete
UNITY OF COMMAND: Henry & Donelson
Rebels kept passing command (Floyd, pillow, buckner)
OFFENSIVE:
Seven Days Battle
Lee sustains the OFFENSIVE while McClellan wins, but doesn’t exploit
OFFENSIVE:
Chancellorsville
Hooker wasn’t able to have good control over his troops thus moved slowly, Lee is controlling the fight (has intiative)
OFFENSIVE:
Overland Campaign
Grant continues to press Lee to Petersburg
OFFENSIVE:
Atlanta Campaign
Initiated the attack
PERSEVERANCE:
Reconstruction
The army remains in the south for 20 years
PERSEVERANCE:
Red Cloud’s War
abandons Bozeman trail & Ft. Kearny for another route
LEGITIMACY:
Philippine War
US trying to show we can contribute positive things
PERSEVERANCE:
1900s Election-Year Surge
McKinley wants to stay in the war, so recruits people to progress the war toward a positive result
LEGITIMACY:
Bonus March
The reaction of Hoover and MacArthur to the Bonus March dramatically undermined their LEGITIMACY
UNITY OF COMMAND:
Omaha Beach
No formal UNITY OF COMMAND, but unity of effort via LT rallying
PERSEVERANCE:
Okinawa
Requires time to go bunker to bunker to remove Japanese through such tough terrain
LEGITIMACY:
Little Rock
federal government upheld court order to integrate schools (federal authority prevails)
LEGITIMACY:
Kent State
National Guard reacts poorly to student protestors undermining LEGITIMACY
EXTERNAL LINES:
Saratoga Campaign
External – failed b/c 2 of 3 British Commanders had poor communication, only one shows up to the fight
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Horseshoe Bend Battle
External – Jackson good use, was able to surround Indians on peninsula
Internal – Indians bad use, got surrounded
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES: Jackson’s Valley Campaign
External – Union has 3 armies under 3 commanders, don’t communicate to exploit
Internal – British good use, able to move quickly
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:
Chancellorsville
Internal – Lee
External – Hooker (double envelopment)
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:
Battle of Gettysburg
Internal – Union uses their lines to move quickly via fishhook
External – Lee doesn’t use them well
EXTERNAL & INTERNAL LINES:
Pusan Perimeter
Internal – US is able to move supplies quickly
External – NK exhausted themselves, had long + vulnerable LOCs
OBSTACLES:
Battle of Charleston (1776)
Obstacles - British mis-assessed amphibious landing due to tide & sand bars
OBSERVATION/FOF:
King’s Mountain
Obs/FoF – Patriots have it, use terrain to their advantage (trees/ridges)
COVER & CONCEALMENT: Cowpens
C & C – use microterrain (slight hill) to hide forces
OBSTACLES:
Guilford Courthouse Campaign
Obstacles – Green uses the woods to break up Cornwallis’ formations
COVER & CONCEALMENT
+ OBSTACLES: Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
C & C – uses terrain & fog
Obstacles – Jackson uses the marshy area, canal reinforcements, and Mississippi River
OBSTACLES:
Battle of Buena Vista
Obstacles – Taylor uses hills on right and broken terrain on left
OBSERVATION: Perryville
Observation – bad example, Buell’s acoustic shadow doesn’t allow him to hear that his forces are fighting
OBSERVATION/FOF
+ COVER & CONCEALMENT:
Battle of Gettysburg
Obs/FoF – Union has them uses them to communicate & can see Lee approaching
C & C – Union denies rebels this because of good ^^^, Yankees on ridge
OBSERVATION/FOF
+ COVER & CONCEALMENT:
Cassino & Rapido River
Obs/FoF – the Germans sit on Monte Cassino hill and are able to see the valley of which US troops are trying to maneuver through
C & C – US unable to move through the river without detection
OBSTACLES:
Battle of the Bulge
Obstacles – Airborne Division uses obstacles everywhere to slow down German forces until Bastogne can get rescued
TIMING:
Cowpens
Morgan applied well to perform double envelopment
TIMING:
Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
British fail b/c couldn’t get through terrain with row boats fast enough
TIMING:
Jackson’s Valley Campaign
Union – didn’t coordinate or time their actions
British – interior lines let them move faster, 50+ miles in 2 days
TIMING:
Seven Days Battle
Lee’s penetration attack has poor coordination
TIMING:
Battle of Antietam
Fought a little over here and a little bit over there
TIMING:
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee doesn’t use lines well, so fails
TIMING:
Overland Campaign
Penetration has to be just right, explosive occurs, but not exploited
TIMING:
Kasserine Pass
Didn’t exploit small victory, Germans able to win
TIMING:
Inchon
MacArthur timed really well, NK forces were preoccupied with Pusan
TIMING:
Mayaguez
Hasty decision making leads to a sloppy operation, left people behind
TIMING:
Airland Battle
Timing is synchronous and simultaneous
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Princeton
Washington flanks Cornwallis’ rear
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Jackson’s Defense at New Orleans
British, doesn’t work due to difficult terrain
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Atlanta Campaign
Sherman makes several of these against Johnston
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Lae
US did a successful on (achieved obj)
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Lucas at Anzio
Tried an amphibious turning movement to cut LOCs via cutting off roads, did not achieve Obj
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Patton in France
Encircles German forces or causes them to retreat to get them out of France (achieves obj)
TURNING MOVEMENT:
Inchon
Successful b/c cut LOCs & took Seoul, moved NK forces out of South
What are the two US Constitutional guidelines regarding the US military?
ARTICLE 1: (Congress) How the militia is trained; organizing, arming, and disciplining. Requires a simple majority.
ARTICLE 2: (Executive) The President cannot declare war, but he/she can commit troops
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
Lake Champlain
British LOCs
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
NYC & Philadelphia Campaigns
The Army
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
1864 Union
Presidential Election
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
Shenandoah Valley
Food and Crops
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
March to the Sea
Food and Crops
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
WW2 @ Pacific Islands, Bismarck Sea, & Lae
Troop Ships
CENTER OF GRAVITY:
Vietnam
The People (south to join the north)
