Soviet General Staff Academy Lectures: 1963-1985
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:54 am
Found this compilation of Soviet staff lectures that includes more than just the famous Wardak ones.
A very interesting compilation, thanks for posting it.
Some of them are very sobering. Take this one from 1977, Lesson No. 24a, The Transition of Front Troops to the Conduct of Combat Actions under Conditions of the Employment of Nuclear Weapons by the Sides, for instance.
It lays out a plan for the use of 380 tactical and operational-tactical nuclear weapons, ranging from 3 kt to 100 kt, to pre-empt a NATO counteroffensive in Europe. Grim...