![]() Both sides were preparing based on the assumptions they were making about the other. The Ukrainians had been preparing a summer attack on the Donbas but switched to preparing for a defense. The Russians amassed about 150,000 men on the border of the Donbas. ![]() Before the actual fighting, both sides were busy preparing for what they assumed would come next. Fighting becomes a machine with a mind of its own. ![]() Once the fighting begins, both sides are often swept up in the action, which is the product of their plans and assumptions interacting with the plans and assumptions of the other side. The planning of both sides, their assumptions about the other side, as well as assumptions about the course of the war, are the major factors in a war. It is those decisions made in advance of war that play the biggest role. It was decided, however, by decisions made by both sides long before the battle took place. This battle, like the war itself, is described by its various operations. ![]() This battle was part of the larger Battle of Kursk, which featured the largest tank battle in history. Today is the anniversary of the launch of Operation Citadel by the Germans in the Second World War. Wars are often described in the context of the diplomacy between the combatants and the battles that make up the war. ![]()
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