André Geraque Kiffer

livro novo nunca manuseado The Battle of Nagashino took place on June 28, 1575 near Nagashino Castle on Shitarabara Plain in Mikawa Prefecture, Japan. Many historians cite it as the first modern Japanese battle. I will simulate a hypothesis in which Takeda makes better use of the terrain and available means, without sacrifices - in the style of the simulated medieval European battles in my books "...

livro novo nunca manuseado Within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt promulgated a new doctrine: unrestricted submarine warfare against Japan. This meant sinking any warship, merchant ship, or passenger ship in Axis-controlled waters without warning. However, it was not until 1944 that the U.S. Navy began to use its 150 submarines to maximum effect: installing effective onboard radars,...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Saratoga Campaign of 1777 was an attempt by the British High Command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River Valley during the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Saratoga took place 18 days apart on the same terrain, about 20 km south of Saratoga, New York, on September 19 and October 7, 1777 and marked the clima...

livro novo nunca manuseado Maior batalha campal em território brasileiro, ocorreu no dia 20 fevereiro de 1827, cerca de 13 km a leste da atual cidade de Rosário do Sul. Alvear (comandante do exército republicano platino) dissimulou seus movimentos de forma a fazer Barbacena (comandante do exército imperial brasileiro) acreditar que perseguia a retaguarda de um exército em retirada, quando na verda...

livro novo nunca manuseado Since 1862, politicians argued with the imperial government about the need to improve the border defenses of Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul, which at that time were dangerously unguarded. Let's simulate what would be the best conditions for the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the north of the Paraguay managed to complete the first phase of a strategic-military plan t...

livro novo nunca manuseado The War of the Spanish Succession, fought from July 1701 to September 1714, and triggered by the November 1700 death of Charles II of Spain, was a conflict for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou - grandson of the French king. Louis XIV - and Archduke Charles of Austria. On September 11, 1709 the Battle of Malplaquet was fought in the area of...

livro novo nunca manuseado I will start from a hypothesis, namely, that geography is associated with history in the representation of the will of peoples with similar customs and interests, to unite and seek to remain so. However, to do so, I will move forward in time beyond the present and select how many and which would be the Great Civilizations that will survive on this planet, just before we ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, all the possibilities of the study's purpose are completed, when the past of history is analyzed based on the theory of the present and designed for similar situations in the future. In the development of simulated battles we will use the rules, maps, command cards and data (random factor) from the "Command & Colors" game from GMT Games and the pieces ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The scenario of the wargame that will be used will reinforce four key factors for the campaign's success, and if the original Schlieffen Plan had been maintained, they would certainly have been thought and executed: more siege artillery for the early phase of the maneuver of attack on the Belgian forts better preparation and use of communications logistics with more supp...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation of the Battle of the Indus River we will test the Persian Mamluk army by adopting a concave battle order, which has its best use in the situation where a defense initially yields, intentionally or unintentionally, its center. The Persian Mamluk phasing of the battle will begin by advancing the center against the Mongol line and will evolve into the retr...

livro novo nunca manuseado It will be simulated, based on the summary and analysis of the historical fact, which are the main factors of the strategy adopted by the Peloponnese League (Sparta), concluding by outlining a new strategy (what if .) to be tested. Since Sparta has historically been the winner of the Peloponnese War, it will be attempted to reduce the time and costs of war, including deb...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation on the Eastern Front an expectation device will be observed combined with a mobile defense against the Russians on the Western Front the main action will be an encirclement by the Ardennes, the secondary action will be an involvement by Belgium and both combined with a mobile defense against the French in Alsace-Lorraine. The geographical boundary of th...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, as a first change, the peltasts would not have been wasted in the secondary action against the camp, but rather had been preserved to act alongside the cavalry against the reinforced Boeotian left wing be it the peltasts firing their missiles and / or the cavalry carrying ahead of the Spartan right wing, preliminary to the hoplite clash, or both of the...

livro novo nunca manuseado After the defeat of the Invincible Armada in 1588, there was a huge expansion of Dutch maritime trade, with the Dutch extending their attacks to Spanish maritime domains. The Guararapes battles were fought on April 18 and 19, 1648 and then on February 19, 1649, between the Army of the Netherlands and the troops of the Portuguese Empire. The battles took place at Montes d...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the scenario of the wargame that will be used it was decided not to change the organization for the combat of the Tank Corps, because it is understood to be far ahead of its time a Blitzkrieg and even more, in this case, applying in a "siege war". On the other hand, the operational strategic failure in the allocation of resources to the Third Army was corrected due to...

livro novo nunca manuseado Historians still argue about the reasons for the bohemian (Czech) Wallenstein during the war. Some see him as a German patriot, others as a great mercenary. He did not have Gustavo Adolfo's tactical genius, but he was a very skilled mobilizer and strategist. What if he really had the potential to be a German Napoleon, uniting Germany under his rule and neutralizing, at l...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a direct result, while some areas of Germany suffered population declines of more than 50%, also from starvation and disease. The Battle of Wittstcok, 24 September or 4 October 1636 (Juli...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts that pitted the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions. It produced a brief period of French dominance over most of continental Europe. The scale of the war increased dramatically during the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleon...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation it will be considered that the Greek device was unbalanced by the confusing nocturnal withdrawal, relying on the shocking action of the hoplite masses, particularly from the Spartan East Wing, to balance and / or reverse the situation the following day. The equilibrium of the Persian device will be based above all on the hold of the opposing wings by th...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Battles of Guararapes were fought on April 18 and 19, 1648 and then on February 19, 1649, between the Dutch Army and the troops of the Portuguese Empire. The battles took place in Montes dos Guararapes, located in the current Jaboatão dos Guararapes, a municipality in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, in the then Captaincy of Pernambuco. Consider as one of the hypot...

livro novo nunca manuseado A Guerra dos Trinta Anos de 1618 a 1648 é considerada uma das guerras mais destrutivas da história europeia. Estima-se que entre 4,5 e 8 milhões de soldados e civis morreram como resultado direto, enquanto algumas áreas da Alemanha sofreram declínios populacionais de mais de 50%, também pela fome e por doenças. A guerra fez parte da luta religiosa alemã que foi iniciada ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The English Civil Wars, between 1642 and 1651, were a series of political machinations between Parliamentarians - the "Roundheads" - and Royalists - the "Gentlemen" -, mainly over the form of governance in England and issues of religious freedom. The inconclusive outcome of the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642 prevented any faction from gaining a quicker victory in ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The three countries (population 11 million) historically arrayed against Paraguay (population 450,000) were so superior in numbers that we can conclude that López never had a real chance of defeating the Alliance. Thus, victory in the historical simulation was based on the overall performance of each player when measured against that of their counterparts in the real war...

livro novo nunca manuseado The simulation will cover seven hundred years (AD 750-1453) of history from the establishment of the boundaries between the maximum expansion of Islam against Christianity in Europe. In philosophy there was a period in the Medieval Age when almost all the works of the great ancient philosopher Plato were unknown, but before that and after the rediscovery of his texts (Pe...

livro novo nunca manuseado As an outline of the tactical maneuver that will be tested in the wargame - simulated battle - of chapter 3, we present the model of the Queen's Gambit Refused Opening, where we will consider a hypothesis (compared to chess) that employs a combination of the orders of battle of the Crusaders (or staggered flanks on discontinuous lines) with double Perpendicular (or forwa...

livro novo nunca manuseado Considering the principal historical assumption that the Central Alliance had better military leadership capable of innovating (technology) and maneuvering (flexible planning), based primarily on the evolution of the Prussian / German General Staff since 1806, but on the other hand, lacking a more solid political orientation, which eventually led him to assume this (inap...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation Flavius's Operational Strategy, of course, should have been to avoid direct confrontation without Gratianus' reinforcement. But since the Romans believed they had a numerical advantage because they did not distrust Goths cavalry away from the camp, it would be difficult to avoid attacking. The Tactic should have sought to surprise the Goths device in pr...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulations of these naval battles we will use combined adaptations between the board games War Galley and Flying Colors of GMT Games, thus characterizing well to have been a century of transition between the rowing ships for the sailing ships during the development of the war in the 16th century. During the analysis and simulation of wars, campaigns and battles w...

livro novo nunca manuseado Às vezes chamada de Guerra Ásia-Pacífico, foi o teatro da Segunda Guerra Mundial travada entre o Império do Japão e os Aliados no Leste e Sudeste da Ásia, nos Oceanos Pacífico e Índico e na Oceania. Na seleção e análise das principais ideologias, entre as que orientaram o esforço de guerra japonês, vou me guiar por minha tabela "Sete Pilares da Arte da Guerra", anexa ao ...

livro novo nunca manuseado Since the Persian Empire reinstated a Jewish state in Palestine - after its Diaspora by the Assyrians and Babylonians - through the Empire of Alexander and successors to the Roman Empire, there has always been a political-religious space for the descendants of Jacob (Israel). In the simulation it will be sought to establish and maintain a Crusader state territory (kingdo...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the scenario of the wargame that will be used, generally considering the seven and a half months of the voyage, the Second Pacific Squadron will have reached the Yellow Sea in the first half of December, before the final fall of Port Arthur. With this prediction, the First Squadron would not have been forced to leave Port Arthur in August for Vladivostok, and this har...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Second World War in the Mediterranean Sea was mostly fought between the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina), supported by other Axis naval and air forces, those of Nazi Germany and Vichy France, and the British Royal Navy, supported by other allied naval forces, such as those of Australia, the Netherlands, Poland and Greece. Each side had three overall objectives in th...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, the hypothesis of what would have been the result if the Hindus had explored the strength of their organizational structure - balanced formations relying on mutual support between their weapon systems, elephants, chariots, cavalry, archers and infantry, like pieces on a large chessboard - to defend themselves on the left while attacking and winning in ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation as soon as a major German force is detected, the British Cover Force will transition from cruising to combat navigation, reducing the distances between its northernmost squadrons - especially the 5th battleship - and the flagship of the fleet, the Lion, to follow our hypothesis raised about a higher Concentration of Forces. Also, it will be essential to...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, the German Habsburg House, under the leadership of the emperor Charles V player, will deny its support to the Catholic Church and the Pope in their war against the Protestant Reformation in their territories. This conciliatory tone is intended to keep any religious differences within the Holy Roman-German Empire under control, in favor of political and...

livro novo nunca manuseado A Europa do século XVII foi dominada pela luta entre os reis Bourbon da França e seus rivais dos Habsburgos na Espanha e no Sacro Império Romano. A Guerra Franco Espanhola (1635-1659) foi travada principalmente entre a França e a Espanha, porém contou com a participação de uma lista variável de aliados. A batalha de Dunquerque ocorreu perto do porto estratégico de mesmo ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 until the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and spanning a significant portion of naval history. The Battle of Britain was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. In the Battle of the Atlantic, the Allies gradually gained the upper hand. Opera...

livro novo nunca manuseado The simulation will cover more than a thousand years (410 to 1453 AD) of the history of the island of Great Britain, from the end of the Roman province - that is, the end of the Old Age in the area - from Britannia to the end of the Medieval Age. In strategy, more before and less after the Roman period on the island of Great Britain, the so-called hilltop Celtic forts fu...

livro novo nunca manuseado The scenario of the wargame that will be used will allow to reinforce four important factors for the success of the campaign, which certainly would have been thought and executed to face the Germans, much stronger than the Austro-Hungarians in the south: greater amount of siege artillery better preparation and use of communications a logistics with more support troops, p...

livro novo nunca manuseado Based on a summary of the historical fact I seek to highlight the decisive fact (s) causing the negative result (s) before playing the simulation through a board wargame - the actions on the "other side of the hill" (from the enemy) are studied through a parallel electronic wargame. In the simulation all the possibilities of the purpose of the study are completed when th...

livro novo nunca manuseado A base desta simulação estratégica será como teria sido se houvesse uma Política de Estado única na Assíria, como ocorreu efetivamente na seqüência dos reis Sargônidas. Ao final, espera-se alcançar a máxima expansão histórica obtida pelo Império Assírio, mantendo-a dentro de limites auto-sustentáveis, sem deixar que ocorresse o histórico desaparecimento. Jogaremos o lado...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Kriegsmarine (War Navy) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It replaced the German Imperial Navy of the German Empire (1871-1918) and the interwar Reichsmarine (1919-1935) of the Weimar Republic. Germany's main naval weapon was the submarine (u-boot) its main mission was to cut off the flow of supplies and munitions reaching Britain by sea. Submarine attacks o...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a direct result, while some areas of Germany suffered population declines of more than 50%, also from hunger and disease. The Battle of Freiburg took place on 3, 5 and 9 August 1644. The ...

livro novo nunca manuseado Perpendicular battle orders, or Agmen Impetum, were not standard in the more infantry-based Roman army but from the middle to the end of the empire when they faced more cavalry-based armies (Gothic Germans and Sassanid Persians), they witnessed the strength of the so-called boar-head (Schweinskopf) - frontal infantry attack with flanking cavalry. Caesar was narrowly defe...