Operational Level of War
The operational level of war occupies roughly the middle ground between the campaign's strategic focus and the tactics of an engagement. It describes "a distinct intermediate level of war between military strategy, governing war in general, and tactics, involving individual battles." For example, during World War II the concept applied to use of Soviet Tank Armies.
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