The branch Logistics is often given lower priority during field exercises when combat units are supposed to be trained. In wars, conflicts and operations do the interest increase remarkably of being delivered ammunition, fuel and food. Without logistical support it is hard to advance on the scene, but is it even so hard that the lack of logistics can generate the own culmination? The purpose with this Bachelor’s thesis is to show the logistics importance during the planning and transaction phases for an operation. On June 6 1944, the Allied forces invaded Normandy, in order to defeat Hitler’s imperium and reach the end of the Second World War. The operation was called Overlord, and was both in the number of men and combat power, as well as, in a logistical manner an enormous achievement. In consideration of answering the research questions, the author has by literature studies analyzed operation Overlord and its impact on the culmination of the Second World War. Research questions: How does logistics affect the culminating point in warfare? What logistical maneuvers during Operation Overlord can be referred to reasons for the Second World War’s culmination point? The results manifests how the logistical maneuvers, like Mulberry Harbour, Red ball Express and PLUTO, caused a possibility to advance through Normandy, France and thereafter against Germany. Although that, it is hard to automatically say that innovations like these are the absolute reason for the culminating point. By using the factors in Mårtensson’s model, that is increasing or decreasing the speed towards the culmination, the analysis shows that logistics has a huge impact on the outcome.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [396]-408).

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Nathan Stoltzfus, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 19, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains v, 67 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

The principles of war are often used to describe the essential parts of warfare. There is however a discussion regarding what purpose they are supposed to have, what role they shall play or even how many principles there are. The military theorist Antoine-Henri Jomini stated that there was one fundamental principle: the principle of concentration of forces. Is this however true, and is Jomini’s theory still valid? The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether his theory is valid on cases from after Jomini’s career and to examine whether the principle of concentration of forces should be considered as one of the principles of war. The theory is tested on the Ardennes offensive in 1940, and Operation Overlord in 1944. The result of the examination shows that concentration of forces was one of the reasons that the examined cases were successful, but not the only one. As a result of this the theory that Jomini stated may be regarded as partly, but not fully valid. It also indicates that the principle of concentration of forces very well could qualify to be considered as one of the principles of war.

In 2007 Frank G. Hoffman conducted a study on the new threats that the U.S. Marines could face in the near future. The study resulted in the creation of the hybrid warfare theory.     During the Russian invasion of the Crimea peninsula both media and scholars quickly concluded that the Russian way of conducting the invasion was a new way of warfare and attributed the invasion as hybrid warfare. However, scholars have since then started to criticize the concept of hybrid warfare and its ability to explain the Russian behavior in Crimea and its claim to be a new way of warfare. The purpose of this essay is to examen how new the concept of hybrid warfare is. This is done by examining if Operation Overlord and the Têt Offensive can be understood as hybrid warfare.  The result shows that both Operation Overlord and the Têt Offensive includes most of the attribute in Hoffman´s hybrid warfare theory and therefore can be understood as hybrid warfare. The result also shows that even if the term hybrid warfare is something new the means and methods are not.