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livro novo nunca manuseado Board wargames are one of the most common forms of conflict simulation in mathematical models throughout history. They are based on a map, topographic or from a satellite photo, where a hexagonal grid (numbered) or other geometric shape is applied to regulate the positioning and movement of the parts (forces). The pieces, like those of chess, are identified by symbols, c...

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 Also known as the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack (rebuilt and renamed CSS Virginia) or the Battle of the Ironclads, it was the most important naval battle during the American Civil War, fought during March 8 and 9, 1862. The battle attracted the attention of almost every navy in the world. The USS "Monitor" became the prototype of a new class of warship, being t...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Battle of Monte Castello marked the presence of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) in the Second World War. It lasted three months, from November 24, 1944 to February 21, 1945, and is part of the 2nd phase of the Operation to Break the Gothic Line (in the sector of responsibility of the IV Corps of the V US Army), in the Italian Campaign. Consider as one of the ...

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. Jankau or Jankov was one of the last battles of the Thirty Ye...

livro novo nunca manuseado La Guerra Civil Española tuvo múltiples facetas, ya que incluyó la lucha de clases, la guerra religiosa, el enfrentamiento de nacionalismos opuestos, la lucha entre dictadura militar y democracia republicana, entre contrarrevolución y revolución, entre fascismo y comunismo. Ha habido numerosos intentos de definir la Guerra Civil española en términos de su mecanismo clave...

livro novo nunca manuseado Desde 2010 publiquei as seguintes séries de simulações: I. Simulação Histórica das Guerras dos Primeiros Impérios II. Simulação Histórica das Guerras na Grécia Clássica III. Simulação Histórica das Guerras Romanas IV. Simulação Histórica das Guerras na Era Medieval V. Simulação Histórica das Guerras na Era Moderna (1453 a 1774) VI. Simulação Histórica das Guerras na Era ...

livro novo nunca manuseado As batalhas dos Guararapes foram travadas em 18 e 19 de abril de 1648 e depois em 19 de fevereiro de 1649, entre o Exército da Holanda e as tropas do Império Português. As batalhas aconteceram nos Montes dos Guararapes, localizado na atual Jaboatão dos Guararapes, município da Região Metropolitana do Recife, na então Capitania de Pernambuco. Considere como uma das hipóte...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was a global conflict between Great Britain and France for global power. Britain, France and Spain fought both in Europe and overseas with armies and fleets, while Prussia sought territorial expansion in Europe and consolidation of its power. At the battle of Leuthen, on December 5, 1757, Charles of Lorraine possessed an eclectic force of...

livro novo nunca manuseado Tactics should have sought to guard against the surprises of the Carthaginian device. Initially, leaving aside the pride of the Equites citizens, the cavalry would have been balanced on both flanks, preventing the elite from facing a 1:3 ratio (1,600 versus 5,000) and infantry would not have been all concentrated in the center, not only after the initial success, but thr...

livro novo nunca manuseado The integrated study of terrain, means and mission will be the basis of the most important variable that, scientifically, will be altered in the simulation. This variable is to compare various methods (Fuller and Harper) for a British victory in the Flesquieres sector, which proved to be critical to subsequent failure in the area of operations. That is, changing the hist...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, it will be considered whether it would have been possible for the Persians, at least, to obtain a Pyrrhic victory over the Macedonians, forcing Alexander to rethink or postpone his military strategy. To this end, in operational strategy the Persian device for approaching the battle would be more expectant, reacting to Macedonian movements as needed. In...

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. August 13, 1704, the battle of Blenheim occurred ahead of the town of Hö...

livro novo nunca manuseado A simulation, through a war game, of what would have been a military confrontation between the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and those of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) at the height of the Cold War. Or, also, a projection of what a war between NATO and Russia could look like.

livro novo nunca manuseado The Silesian Wars were three conflicts fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Archduchess Maria Theresa) for control of the Silesian region of Central Europe (now in southwestern Poland). The Battle of Mollwitz was fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the ear...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, the operational strategic surprise that the Hittites had reached when they first arrived at the selected battle site and the tactical surprise of the sudden appearance of a violent charge of their chariots on the flank of one of the Egyptian divisions will be followed by a more decisive Hittite infantry presence, accompaniment and support. The Hittite ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation at the military strategic level, an approach more in line with the Persian culture of indirect strategies should perhaps have explored its maritime situation further on the outside lines by conducting direct campaigns - albeit through agents such as Sparta - only in peripheries, delaying or avoiding land actions (most decisive battles) at their centers ...

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 chess Zukertort Irregular Opening as a model, where we will consider a hypothesis that: even if Wallace had decided to accept battle, he could have avoided massacre if it had made better use of the terrain. The flanks of the army will be anchored in...

livro novo nunca manuseado The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict that took place between 1740 and 1748 and was fought primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. Fontenoy was a battle of this war, fought on May 11, 1745, eight kilometers from Tournai, in the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium). Defeated, the Pragmat...

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 war was part of the German religious struggle that was starte...

livro novo nunca manuseado Na simulação a manobra tática egípcia terá três fases, sendo a primeira o estabelecimento dos dispositivos defensivos das divisões a segunda o desgaste e se possível a destruição da maior parte das forças inimigas e finalmente a terceira a conquista da fortaleza de Kadesh. Dentro de cada divisão o regimento ligeiro (carruagens), atuando como força de cobertura, evitará e...

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 Sicilian Opening, where we will consider a hypothesis (compared to chess) in which Azincourt was a great French attack of opportunity that shocked head-on against a solid - ground and weapons support - English defensive position. It cou...

livro novo nunca manuseado World War II was a global military conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations - including all major powers - organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most comprehensive war in history, with more than 100 million troops mobilized. The Battle of Monte Castello marked the presence of the Brazilian...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Falklands War lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on June 14, 1982. On the Argentine and South American side, in short, the lack of a correct and comprehensive assessment of the conflict in all its alternatives and dynamics caused the lack of a general strategy that integrated the different State powers it covered (political, military, economic and ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation the Egyptian tactical maneuver will have three phases, the first being the establishment of divisive defensive devices the second is the erosion and, if possible, the destruction of most enemy forces and finally the third the conquest of Kadesh fortress. Within each division the light regiment (chariots), acting as a covering force, will avoid engaging ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The American Civil War, fought between April 12, 1861, and May 26, 1865, in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Confederacy. The Anaconda Plan was a strategy devised by the Union to suppress the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War. Proposed by ...

livro novo nunca manuseado A Guerra dos Sete Anos (1756 a 1763) foi um conflito global entre a Grã-Bretanha e a França pela preeminência global. Grã-Bretanha, França e Espanha lutaram na Europa e no mundo com forças terrestres e navais, enquanto a Prússia buscava sua expansão territorial na Europa e a consolidação de seu poder. Ocorrida em 18 de junho de 1757, a batalha de Kolin foi a primeira der...

livro novo nunca manuseado Operation Badr was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross the Suez Canal and take the Israeli fortifications of the Bar Lev Line on October 6, 1973. Sadat was politically pressured to push the offensive towards the great passes of the Sinai, but it remained adamant, maintaining the original aim of waging limited war. However, appeals from the Syrians,...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation we will test what it would have been like if a Carthaginian squadron tried to engage - not fix - Roman consular squadrons (the two at the forefront wedge), another squadron delayed the approach of the Roman reinforcement (base of the wedge) while a third Carthaginian squadron attacked. to destroy Roman transports. As for technology, the state of the art...

livro novo nunca manuseado Seventeenth-century Europe was dominated by the struggle between the Bourbon kings of France and their Habsburg rivals in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659) was fought mainly between France and Spain, but had the participation of a variable list of allies. The Battle of Dunkirk took place near the strategic port of the same name in what w...

livro novo nunca manuseado A batalha de Tuiuti foi a maior e mais sangrenta batalha campal de toda a Guerra do Paraguai e do continente sul-americano, por ter envolvido mais de 55 mil homens. Foi travada no dia 24 de maio de 1866, em uma região pantanosa, arenosa e de difícil locomoção chamada Tuyutí, no sudoeste do Paraguai. Considere como uma das hipóteses a ser testada no jogo que, tanto o ataq...

livro novo nunca manuseado The English Civil Wars, between 1642 and 1651, were a series of political machinations between parliamentarians - the round heads - and royalists - the gentlemen -, mainly over the form of governance in England and issues of religious freedom. The Battle of Naseby took place on Saturday, June 14, 1645, during the First English Civil War. The New Model Parliamentarian arm...

livro novo nunca manuseado O objetivo dessa simulação estratégica militar será verificar como teria sido possível ao Egito, a partir de 1560 a.C. - após a expulsão dos hicsos - conquistar, consolidar e manter o Levante durante as XVIII, XIX e XX Dinastias, até 1070 a.C., enfrentando objetivos semelhantes aos dos mitanos e dos hititas. Assim, neste livro, será jogado o Império Egípcio, enquanto ser...

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. On 24 August or 3 September 1632 (Julian or Gregorian calendar), ...

livro novo nunca manuseado Although the information of the prior recognition of the English strong position had not altered the count of Alençon's willingness to attack, King Philip in verifying his blatant failure could have halted this, let's call it, forceful recognition, and taken an offensive device for the attacks in the early hours of the next day. When a typical Byzantine (or Double Perpen...

livro novo nunca manuseado As a result of a dedicated study of Military History for more than 40 years, I present to the reader a consolidation of my Principles of War, my Operational Systems and my Fundamentals for Leadership, which I consider to include all knowledge, strategic and tactical resources, human and material, necessary for the planning and execution of any military operations on land...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation the Tactic will be as soon as the outer perimeter is broken, the Gauls Army Wing in the oppidum will break - in the same direction, in the opposite way - the inner perimeter. Obtained this junction (First Phase of the Campaign) will be maintained this connecting corridor until the two sectors of the divided Roman Army are beaten in parts (Second Phase o...

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 Because of the best operational strategy the Mongols chose a terrain more favorable to their type of maneuver. In this case, the best hypothesis that we consider for the Europeans to try to reverse this disadvantage would be to reinforce their deployment in the open field, either by better organization of the forces in presence, or by the increase of the numbers. In the ...

livro novo nunca manuseado The Civil Wars in France between 1648 and 1653, collectively known as "The Fronde", occurred in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which began in 1635. King Louis XIV faced the combined opposition of the princes, the nobility, the provincial parliaments, as well as most French people. The field of battle, in fact, was in the area of Sommepy, Saint-Étienne-à-Arnes and S...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the simulation, the tactical maneuver will have three phases, the first being already done, the approach the second, ongoing, the maneuver phase, when the Periplos (double overflowing) will be attempted, ending in the third and fourth stages, continuous combat with throwing weapons, and approaches and assaults on poops. enemies. In the case of the Persians, simulated ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the historical simulation will be considered the hypothesis of whether it would have been possible to the Persians, being strategically defensive, were, mainly because of the favorable terrain, tactically offensive. As a result, in the operational strategy the Persian battle approach would be more aggressive, anticipating Macedonian movements, particularly exploiting ...

livro novo nunca manuseado In the first chapter I trace the main biographical characteristics of Napoleon and the seven great captains of history, according to him: the Persian Cyrus II, the Macedonian Alexander III, the Roman Julius Caesar, the French Turenne, the Austrian Eugene, the Saxon Maurice de Saxe and the Prussian Frederick II. In a second chapter I highlight, based on the works of the R...

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 Breitenfeld took place on September 7 or 17, 1631 (...