- Simplicius: Battle for Avdeevka - Close Study Archived Message
Posted by sashimi
on October 22, 2023, 6:54 am
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Much of the Ukrainian conflict has its closest comparison in the Normandy campaign of World War 2, just after the famed D-Day landings. The Normandy region is known as 'hedgerow country', populated with an endless sprawl of fields and pastures called bocages. They're constructed in such a way on purpose: the treelines are planted as windbreaks which block the wind from stripping the soil of the pastures. This is exactly how much of Ukraine's inner territory of 'The Wild Fields' is situated. This terrain presents a unique set of challenges for advancing forces. The most obvious reason is each set of treelines and hedgerows is typically garrisoned with defending troops who dig trenches and fortifications inside of them. They can see out of the treelines, using drones and other ISR methods, to spot any enemy crossing the fields, but the enemy has great difficulty seeing them in the dense vegetation. -- Cont'd at https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/battle-for-avdeevka-close-study |
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