What is Maskirovka? Russian Military Deception
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- A short introduction into Russian Military Deception - called Maskirovka. “Maskirovka is most simply defined as a set of processes designed to mislead, confuse, and interfere with accurate data collection regarding all areas of Soviet plans, objectives, and strengths or weaknesses.” (Smith, Charles L.: Soviet Maskirovka, in: Airpower Journal - Spring 1988)
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Maier, Morgan: A Little Masquerade: Russia’s Evolving Employment of Maskirovka
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Lindley-French, Julian: NATO: Countering Strategic Maskirovka. Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute. (2015)
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Some feedback from native Russian trained as an officer a while ago :)
What you have described in this video is not the meaning of actual Russian word "maskirovka" (маскировка). The Russian woard simply means concealing/disguising/camouflaging. What you are talking about is Western concept of perception of Russian actual military deception. In fact no Russian would use the word 'maskirovka' for any other than hiding something in camo. Please, note this in video.
Dammit, they've already written this below :(
thx, I can't edit the video and since the use of annotations - which will be gone in a few days or are already - deactivate the whole "end screen" thing, I can't add those neither. Sorry, there is nothing I can do to edit anything in a video once it is "live". The only thing I can do, is to pin this comment. I wasn't too happy with the sources available, but sadly, I can't read nor speak Russian.
A good excuse to make an extra correction video on this hugely popular topic. ;-)
Personally I don't think the literal translation matters too much. The reason that it's such an interesting topic is that there's a big difference in the way Russian's approach deception in all it's forms, that's all the angle you need.
Look at the word Blitzkrieg, no German general in the early 40's and before ever used the word and would have laughed (or what ever it is that Germans do when they hear a joke) but a few years later you couldn't even talk about German tactics anymore without that word. So make a series of videos about Maskirovka, get a million views and in a few years time the word means what we need it to mean and the joke is on all these literal-translating Russians :-)
If you are truly who you say you are, how do we know you are not employing maskirovka right now? And how would you not know I'm using maskirovka right now? 😊
You can drink a shot of Stolychnaya right now to move into Russian collective cloud superconscience. I can't lie to you there!
I once saw Russian maskirovka in action, while I was playing Red Orchestra 2 as the Germans, some Russian player accidentally said "Attack A guys" and then "Whoops wrong chat". Our team the hastily reinforced A, only to realize that the Russians had deceived us, as they overwhelmed our under equipped comrades at B.
Its a libra thing. Unfortunately putin is libra
Hahahahaha
Astrology is a form of maskirovka and people are still falling for it.
Rush B
@@f.palmero5010 нахер? Го на а лучше прорвёмся в штыковую! Они не ожидают этого! (Шепчет) Серёга рви б быстрее!!!!
'never interupt the enemy when he's making a mistake. Especially when he's marching to Moscow.'
I swear you are the only german that can be a comedian.
***** you mean south German?
Also i know he's austrian but they are close enough
Austrian, Australian, who cares - zehr gut!
Austrians are Germans with a sense of humor
He in fact has a sense of humor. He only is mislead in this point. To march towards Mosow was the best thing Napoleon could do. Of course taking the declaration of war on Russia as given. How else should he have defeated Russia.
+volker blockade and slice it up, south first then just keep slicing trying to keep your supply lines short and rebuilding the destroyed land.
The concealment icon is really next level.
Surprise icon is still my favourite though
Philipp Jo Russian Society icon looks like Disney's castle XD
I thought so too.
2:30 for anyone confused between the different mentions of concealment
Yes, a superbly elegant solution.
Here in 2022 we are perhaps seeing two of the major downsides of Maskirovka: the first is that its over use can call into question EVERYTHING you claim...the second is that it may convince its own users to believe their own lies.
Yeah. Eventually everyone comes to conclusion that Maskirovka is more of a weapon against Russians than anyone else. The success rate over the past century and a half speak negatively for Maskirovka.
lol what makes you think you have any accurate picture of what's happening?
@@bcfuerst I respect Putin and his judgement...that his plans were so far off the mark indicates that the reality and perceived reality had moved very far apart. Such a gap strongly suggests that the origin of this was not external.
Indeed. I wonder how many Russians actually believe the hoax about biolabs in Ukraine, or that they are "denazifying" a country with a Jewish elected president
@@jamesnewcomer4939 When you create a society of lies and backstabbing eventually reality slips by your fingers, Putin called the west an "Empire of lies" but as it turns out the empire made of lies was another
Applied Maskirovka: Designating a different Tailnumber to a strategic supersonic bomber every time it leaves the airbase and can potentially be spotted. They did that with the Tupolev Tu-22. It worked.
May Day celebrations in 1960 as well when they got the Tu-95s to simply circle around again and again so it looked like there were a lot more than there were any where else
Applied Maskirovka is also to paint taks white in winter...works also.
Some Soviet submarines had different hull numbers on their port and starboard sides. Depending upon what angle enemies saw the submarine, analysts could overestimate the number of Soviet submarines operating in an area.
lol i have 2 boxes labeled 2 and 3 everyone tries to find 1 in the house now
@@raiwisnarbuts Not really
Hello Military History Visualized, I am russian history student and i want to express my approval of your studies. Athhough main use of word "maskirovka" in russia nowadays is consilment or disguise, naming strategy of deception "maskirovka" is not a mistake. I want to say that maskirovka was never put in the perspective of the great strategy of Russia in our universities or schools, but now, when i look closely to this subject i clearly can notice big Influence of that strategy on russian military through out history. Even now russian military has huge persentege of funding spent on deception tactics and tools. This is a great video, please continue. From Russia with love.
During the Cold War the Russians almost made it a form of art, you know, like a great chéf who by mixing the ingredients correctly can make a meal that tastes even better than your moms Kottbullar..... 😜
It's quite impressive!
Maskirovka: ie. disguise yourself as a competent fighting force
Or... disguise yourself as an incompetent fighting force
@@admiralthrawnstein9943 your version seems likely in a way. Although it can be hard to tell but if Russia is going for the 'pretend to be weak, so the enemy may grow arrogant' trick than Ukraine should prepare itself.
One of my military history professors, the great Professor Emeritus Roger Beaumont, said that one of the keys to understanding the Cold War was the differing game-based outlooks of the key figures at the highest echelons of authority. The Russians viewed the Cold War as a game of chess while the Americans thought in terms of poker. The quote was that, "Every time the Russians would sacrifice a pawn, the American's would raise their bet." Given this cultural framework, maskirovka (which Dr. Beaumont discussed in the 1980's) might be interpreted as partly grounded in the game of chess.
According to Wikipedia (take grain of salt :), the economy of the USA is almost exactly 10 times that of Russia. Odd to see so much persistent fear of the Russian bear when: its economy is relatively small, its global position is greatly hindered by limited access to the oceans, and its birth rate is anemic. USA vs Russia these days is hardly a "fair fight." For the Russians to begin a new campaign of expansion seems rather far-fetched. Look at all the economic destruction in Russia resulting from the Western trade sanctions.
Enslaving, Nashi, Putin-Jugend... That sound ridiculous, you know? Where do you get that ideas?
@@amerigo88 what's this economic destruction you speak of, I only see us shooting ourselves in the foot
@@amerigo88 well we are seeing how this goes now
@@amerigo88 A lot of the fear of the Russian bear is because the CIA Lied a lot about Russia's Capabilities early in the cold war, saying they had 100 ICBMs pointed at Washington, when in reality they only had 3.
Well, well, well. Look at where we're at here.
March 11, 2022
They fooled us thinking they were competent. Had me depressed on the first 48 hours of the war.
Please, do a vid about russian "Specnaz" or Russian Army and police organizational structure in general.
A lot of people don`t get that "Specnaz" means simply "Special Forces" and therefore it refers to many different units of Russian Army, not a single specific one.
TheNaturat *Spetsnaz, which is short for: Voyska spetsialnogo naznacheniya
TheNaturat
Actually, it encompasses a variety of specialist military, paramilitary, law enforcement and intelligence units. Russia's SWAT equivalents, while not military, are just as much Spetsnaz as the (in)famous Alfa Group or TSsN Senezh (hope I'm spelling that second one correctly).
Maskirovka is not a strategy, a tactic, a branch of the military, a specific operation or something technical. It's a state of mind, and that's why you shouldn't dismis the "cultural aspect" observation. It's the way deception is as integral to anything you plan as the air that your soldiers breathe and it's the way that deception is automatically taken into account on every level, from great political misdirection's, to front level, to army, to division down to the lowest soldier painting his face green.
It's Total Deception in a way that you can also deceive your own people so that their actions deceive the enemy.
If you're planning to cover operation Mars for instance you'll note that Zhukov wasn't dismissed by Stalin for a failure that had easily cost other generals their lives. Zhukov later claimed it was part of a deception. If that was the case then in the whole country only Stalin and Zhukov knew about it.
" It's a state of mind, and that's why you shouldn't dismis the "cultural aspect" observation."
This - especially considering the fact russian babies already consume large amounts of paranoia with their mothers milk.
At least until David Glantz looked into the Archives in the 1990s and noticed something fishy about the tanks numbers and level of dedication being given to this 'deception'
Have you ever read much russian history? Russians aren't paranoid they're well adapted, calling them paranoid is like saying a woolly mammoth is a bit on the hairy side. It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
DH Vampire: True. I didn't mean to imply that it definitely was such a thing. It was more of an example of the scale in which Maskirovka is possible.
Oh I never said that wasn't the case, merely that it's an example of Maskirovka that has been 'unmasked' so to speak
Currently, their army is pretending to be an innocent traffic jam. Masterful deception!
Yes and they are pretending they are losing thousands of soldiers, hundreds of tanks and trucks. Genius
The convoy is deploying around Kiev to set up gas pipelines and because the Ukro airforce can not even target sitting ducks (only someone whose IQ is legit sub60 would think the convoy should head straight into Kiev). Considered what western midwits with little to no clue as to the situation on the ground go touting, I would say that in this case deception, even if unintentionally, did work
@@alqamenesh7433 da comrade and we aren't losing we're failing to win!
@@user-oi6gr8xw9h except the casualties are actually minimal and laughably overstreched by western media that lies with crap like ghost of quiv, sake island etc etc
This comment is proof of concept
TL;DR : The Russians are very cheeky breekis.
LOL
We also v damke!
@@geraaltan0x40 чики брики, и в дамках. Опа, пацаны. МЛя я маслину поймал.
"Nothing is true and everything is possible." or "How to horribly abuse postmodernism 101"
+Blah b: I'm sorry, I don't know what you're getting at. Could you please explain?
Маскировка = disguise, camouflage. This is the only meaning of this word. The term you're talking about might be "Counter-espionage" or simply "Deception"
меня тоже немного покорежило. Я предполагаю что термин Маскировка в свое время взят англоязычным сообществом от фонаря - видимо круто звучит, babushka, pirojki, maskirovka, suka blyat
"Deception" or "counter espionage" is a general term. "Maskirovka" is specifically Soviet or Russian *way* of doing those things. It's not a mistake. You guys are special.
I dunno... Sun Tzu wrote about this stuff like 2.5k years ago. Everyone does it. Nothing special.
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." (c) Sun Tzu, The Art of War
+orcishhorde - I'm not saying they invented it. Just that they are genuinely gifted at this stuff.
Come on, the specifically russian way of doing things is called "we manage it somehow". Maskirovka ir rly just camouflage.
Love how I'm recommended this 4 years later when it's relevant
I really like how Westerners read to much of rather simple russian word. Firstly, 'maskirovka' is not translated as 'little masquerade', it is not a diminutive form of word, there is no 'little' in it. Secondly, it have a simple and direct translation to English - 'camouflage'.
Couldn't agree more. I guess Russian words just sound more funny to them. :)
Bertie Wooster I think, despite the west consisting of many languages, that we rely too much on English and it limits our way of thinking.
But if you don't read too much into it, you won't be able to build a whole concept as a foundation for dismissing anything coming from Russia as propaganda. I mean, look at this comment section - the video is about military science, and yet everyone is talking about RT, "active Russia", and all that other crap.
As a westerner, a quick google seems to put this word firmly in the mouths of Nato military personnel. It is probably not the Russian term for "Russian attitude towards war" but it is the Nato term, if that makes sense. What is described in this video is not called maskirovka in Russia, but is called maskirovka by Nato.
I will also add that while to a Russian, this attitude seems unexceptional, in Britain it's very much expected to take things at face value. For instance, there is no wide belief that mainstream news is capable of falsehood in the name of an agenda (unless it comes from political enemies), while I have gotten the impression that the average Russian knows that while the enemy produces propaganda, their side also does and the truth is probably somewhere between.
Well, people here already pointed out that it is apparently a term similar to 'Biitzkrieg' which was also not used by Germans themselves but popularized post-war for the most part. From this point of view this is the English word, not Russian one.
>while I have gotten the impression that the average Russian knows that while the enemy produces propaganda, their side also does and the truth is probably somewhere between.
It is one of the main Russian advantages. They experienced both sides of the coin by now - a state-run propaganda machine and a private-owned propaganda machine, so they are in a good position to compare.
Reminds me of how Serbian troops on Kosovo in 1999 misled NATO into firing millions of dollars worth of missiles on literal cardboard/plywood cutouts of armored vehicles with a simple stove with a fire in them to mimic engine heat. When the war ended and Serbian army retreated with armor almost intact the Yanks were shocked, they were so sure they annihilated all of it.
Step1: Take Microwave oven
Step2: Make Microwave oven work with its door open.
Step3: Place working oven in deserted area, door opened upwards.
Step4: Wait for nato missiles
Darth Mortus "You see Ivan"
And Serbs tell me what actually happened was civilians were bombed.
So which of the two things happened?
oh they bomb hospitals and tv stations also, u cannot make fake hospitals thou
also chinese embassies "accidentally", three times :)
so you are telling me that russia had been using a military tactic that translated to english literally means "a little trolling"
the only ones they're deceiving is themselves
Excellent presentation Bernhardt, this concept without the Russian name was taught decades ago probably non-officially by the Allied, including NATO as it was discussed in military strategy classes (when I was young!). The concept was to lead your enemy on a "wild goose chase" i.e. the wrong path or make your enemy waste and/or lose resources trying to protect itself from a weapon system that does not exist or that you do not have. It also includes having the "enemy" position his forces in an area that you make him believe is vulnerable to attack when that is not your intention. You can use propaganda and misinformation to make him believe that you have a new weapon system and lead him into investing valuable (and expensive) manpower/assets against something that does not exists - the idea being to bankrupt your opponent or weaken him. Great concept which my teachers (War College) have repeated over and over, "War is a science". Thank you, L
CZcams casually recommending this in 2022
I really loved this! I hope you do some more on Maskirovka. It is expecially applicable now with misleading information used very often and a somewat active Russia.
cdgncgn You're comparing apples and oranges. Russia and the West are both bad in their own ways. Although relatively speaking the West is the lesser evil.
"It is the truth that EU is undemocratic, while it claims it is democratic in higher echelons. Russians thus, can call on their bs. Russians dont claim to be the beacon of democracy usually, so you just cant call them on their bs easily."
Right and what do you have to say when Putin said this:"Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3749081.stm And look what Putin has been doing to his opponents while his cronies regurgitates from him.
+impalabeeper
Russia's actions are purely defensive, on the other hand NATO is proactive, ergos Russia is objectively a lesser evil than NATO.
+impalabeeper Putin stressed many times (and it was even mentioned in the Russian strategy of the international policy) that they have other comprehension of the democracy and don't share the Western values. Moreover, many US political scientists, including Fareed Zakaria, in fact, claim that Russia IS democracy but illiberal, as liberalism is a value of the West Christian culture.
cdgncgn christianism and the christian culture are different definitions.
Alex Well that's convenient, I didn't know democratic involves killing political opponents.
Works so well that the army doesn't exist!
Pretty relevant throwback right now
I wanted you to know that even though this video is almost a year old. It was a great starting point for me as I am writing an article for my school newspaper on strategic maskirovka and this video got me to look further into the strategic side of maskirovka. So thanks and keep up the great content
Thank you CZcams for recommending this to me now XD
I never expected to do a video on this, that's pretty cool
This is more relevant today than ever, and you should promote it.
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack,
we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive;
when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when
far away, we must make him believe we are near." -Sun Tzu
richard343s im certain russians have been reading sun tzu work for quite a long time
Would love to see another video about Maskirovka. Awesome vid as always, MHV!
Great analysis and like the rest of your videos, I learnt a lot and considered aspects i wouldn't have thought to. Thanks!
Great contrast of the different sources (and this video is extremely relevant, just right now).
One of your better, and more interesting talks! More on this subject, please!
Gr8 video keep it up. I am mostly interested in WW2 stuff but this was a nice change and current stuff is really interesting as it can help u see current events from a different and more enlightened perspective.
Thank you, very much. Please, continue with more contemporary subjects, without stopping or disregarding earlier conflicts.
No Russian sources on a word or strategy supposedly used by Russia, just foreign anti Russia organizations.
Videos like these would ironically be "maskirovka".
you have English sources from Russia on Maskirovka, please let me know.
Or this is CLEARLY NATO PROPAGANDA!!!!!!
Maskirovka? Its the death of Armeegruppe Mitte.
Jatischar EXACTLY THE SAME THOUGHT
Exactly. The biggest use of maskirovka in real time: the creation of a whole false army group in order to make the Germans think that the Soviet main offensive is goin to be in Ukraine and not in Belarus-Poland...
“All warfare is based upon deception” - Sun Tzu
Sun hui v chai?
I never fail to chuckle whenever I see your icon for 'Surprise'.
This is so actual and so important nowadays! Thanks for making it :)
A month ago I was discussing with my mother that strategy how The USSR Hid a whole army in operation Bagration , and how the withdrawal of tanks To the East last month smelled like Maskirovka!
Anyone else watching this in 2022 wishing they seen it earlier?
immensely interesting video! I'd love to see a follow up!
It's hard to live with it when you know the translation of the word. Blyad.
Guy was working in a Soviet pram factory. He had a newborn baby so decided to steal each pram part from the production line so he can get one for free. After few weeks he had all the parts but no matter how hard he tried he could only assemble a machine gun.
How funny is the Soviet machine guns probably had less parts than a pram.
Great video and, as you say, highly relevant in the current day.
I would very much like to see more of it.
Case studies please! I clicked like! This is such a topical subject, it really would be interesting to hear more.
Please do another one. This one was very informative
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake...Like marching towards Moscow"
Oh shit, shots fired!
Is love to see a case study! Excellent video!
Please, pretty please, do a follow up!
BTW - In my personal and biased opinion, this is your best video so far. It covers two important aspects (I believe) every historian strives to address. For once, it's about something important, with implication toward the future, and it's about something generally poorly understood.
You got it just right. Please, do a follow up.
I really liked this video, and I very much would like to see a follow-up with case studies.
Wow!You are realy talking about the relevant topics.
Please, more of this subject.
Very good video, and (scarily) really resonates with what's going on politically between the US and Russia right now.
Awesome vid. Thanks!
Yes, lovely video! I would like to see more case studies!
Great video. I was wondering if you were going to do a follow up on the case studies like you mentioned in the end of the video.
Whatever the term means, PLEASE do further analysis with reference to case studies on this concept. It is absolutely fascinating.
Excellent video. We see many creators on youtube talking about technical & tactical aspects of military affairs but comparatively little about the conceptual and strategic aspects.
Perhaps a couple of case studies would be good focusing on how Maskirovka can be applied on the strategic and political level.
Case studies would be awesome!
It's 8 March , 2022, Putin didn't do any Maskirovka......
He did, he convinced all the commieboos into thinking he was a military genius.
I really hope you do a follow up on this! Also, i wonder if you might draw attention to the connection between Maskirovska and Sun Tzu's teachings on deception.
They're identical.
What a moment to watch this
Since it's really hard to understand anything this guy's saying, so I decided to enable English subtitles.
apparently Google doesn't have a word ''Maskirovka'' it its' dictionary, so here's (in the correct order) everything it replaced the word of:
masks yoga
mask erotica
moscow rasca
moscow hrothgar
moscow africa
masks yaffe's cos
master of cos
massacre of guys
mass carroca
makarov
master rothko
massacre of cos
massacre of ca'diz
massacre africa
moscow africa
moscow africa
mass chaos car
muscular off gait
master africa
massacre of gonna shoot
masculine effector
two masks yoga
--and another bundle from other phrases as well (not in correct order):
"oil representation"
"major modern mile"
"animatics takes inappropriate turn"
"in this error"
"rush of egg whites"
"sensor readings"
Ooh yeahhh Russian tactics hype
*loads SVT-40*
Kendall Scott *prepares to follow you and pick up rifle if Comrade is shot*
*throws you Nagant Revolver* I said charge! *runs into German lines*
Kendall Scott
I call BS, Russians and having enough supply for the troops ... ludicrous!
what a bunch of nerds
Klobi for President *sends to Gulag*
This is a really nice video, it would be great to see a follow-up :)
Yes, please present some Soviet/Russian case studies. The one maskirovka I'm most familiar with is the Allies Operation Fortitude during WW2.
I presume Operation Bagration would be the classic example of this during WW2 involving concealment and deception . By 1944 the Soviets had learnt the art of strategic offensive .
You did this a while back...excellent video, wonder if you may revisit.
thank, unlikely, but it could happen if I stumble so good sources etc.
great video! please do follow up on case studies. I've seen interviews with KGB defectors explaining how 80% of their efforts went into indoctrinating american students rather than direct military action and I'd love to hear you take on it
indeed, its also well known in some circles the soviet union didnt simply collapse because of massive military spending, but moreso becasue they doubled down on investing in western capitalist markets, especially after regan and thatcher opened up (deregulated) thier financial markets that had, since post ww2 , been very limiting in regards to foriegn ownership rules and far more transparent about ownership in trust funds etc...
Fascinating. Case studies, you say? Yes please!
Your pronunciation of English words has improved immensely in the last four years; you wouldn't think it was the same persspeaking compared to your latest videos.
:)
And I love the German accent, more than the Irish accent, but less than the French...
another very interesting and provocative video. Do you info regarding specific soviet actions on the eastern front? Would you do a video on that?
Please do more of these :)
I'd be interested in seeing a video on how to counter it, especially the societal disinformation component
Only way to counter it is through good reconnaissance/intelligence
Thank you for the high quality content!!!!! 😝😄
hello, love your videos a lot. One question - would you consider Operation Mincemeat to be an example of Maskirovka? I know it was a British operation, but does it share many aspects of Maskiroka?
Maskirovka works so good that even westerners think it's a real big doctrine rather than a simple word wich means "camouflage".
I am glad that someone made this comment)))
Such a big video and mystery for simple russian word "camoflage")))
Бля... нас еще в средней школе учили как во время второй мировой, наши, серийные номера подделывали, траншеи километровые копали только чтоб потом ночью в подводных лодках солдат в тыл врага запустить, как самолеты вместо бомб и пуль загружать, дополнительные топливные баки крепили и притворялись что это «два» самолёта 3 часа летают а не «один» 6 часов летит. Все этой херней занимались, немцы тоже, только у советов просто лучше всех это получалось. Тем более что шпионаж был у советов самый развитый тогда. А там еще 40 лет холодной войны, ясен херь диверсионные тактики, шпионаж, «маскировка» развались.
That was a really good interpretation IMO 👍
Thank you.
Case studies, yes please!
first time hearing this term. Interesting stuff.
From Operation Bagration, the Cold War and to today in the Crimea the Russians have used Maskirovka to great effect. I would love to hear more about this from you in case studies.
And 4:19, LOL.
This was a truly awesome video and I would love to see a case study on current examples, such as the work of Putins "troll army" and how they with great succes first applied the doctrine towards domestic affairs and then lately have with some succes used the doctrines against "old enemies", (NATO, USA and neighboring states)
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Maskirovka is one thing that helped fool Hitler, OKH and German soldiers on the front. A great example i can give was just after Unternehmen Zitadelle and what fooled Hitler into cancelling it to move forces i.e II SS Panzer Korps and XXIV Panzer Korps.
It was at the Mius Front, Tolbukhin's Southern Front were moving into position along the entire front in broad daylight and even driving at night with lights on. Tolbukhin's Front were doing the opposite of Maskirovka tactics to fool the Germans (6th Army) into they were going to attack. This actually was a plan from Russian High Command (STAVKA) to divert Panzer formation away from Kursk and get more German forces to react to the situation on the Mius Front.
The Southern Front attacked 6th Army on the 17th July and caused Hitler AND German High Command to divert a three Panzer Korps (II SS Panzer Korps, III Panzer Korps, XXIV Panzer Korps). Its amazing how STAVKA reversed Maskirovka into fooling the Germans and getting them to move forces to another sector along Army Group South's Front.
& now they are so proficient at this technique that they can confuse themselves while everybody else sees right through them.
Ahh, strategic concepts, my favorite subject. Even tried to design a couple of me own over the years, fun mental exercise.
Interesting to see today
make case studies,plz! It would be great. There are specialists who say about how deception was used to annex Crimea
+cdgncgn
So you're either a Nashi indoctrinated nazi or a paid Russian troll....
Because everybody other than those two groups knows Russia invaded Ukraine and illegally occupies the Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
Then the Russian army shot down flight MH 17 in a blatant act of terrorism, then pillaging the bodies of their victims of mobile phones, wedding rings and jewelry.
Blah b, you are wildly innacurate, in short russia doesn't occupy eastern ukraine
Thanks!
very relevant
They maskirovka'd us into believing they had an army.
*a good army
I'd love to hear from some case studies. I feel like its hard to judge these things without a couple of examples.
If it's possible can you do a future video on "Fix and Maneuver" tactics of modern combat
Very Interesting, Maskirovka
Thanks