The Past and Future of Land Warfare in the High North
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Authors
Dzwonczyk, John
Radunzel, Joel Douglas
Issue Date
2020-05-05
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Journal articles
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Keywords
World War II , Arctic , Landpower , Land Warfare
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Abstract
Present-day military strategists tend to cast the Arctic region as a theater in which the naval and air domains will dominate operations.[1] This is not unreasonable. The Arctic’s most obvious geographic feature is its ocean, and the region’s emerging significance is largely due to the fact that for the first time in recorded history it will be open to shipping on a large scale. Thus, most national security discourse concerned with the High North centers around icebreakers, shipping lanes, and so on.[2] However, combat in Arctic conditions offers little new stimulus to naval and airpower practitioners because of the relative global uniformity of their domains.[3] The changing Arctic will have far greater impacts on ground combat by restricting the mobility of units across already-difficult terrain and by exacerbating the logistical and life support needs of these formations.
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Citation
John Dzwonczyk and Joel Radunzel, "The Past and Future of Land Warfare in the High North," The Bridge (2020).
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The Strategy Bridge