Question

Block 5 PlanningTheory of War The ______________ is that characteristic, capability, or sources of power from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength, or will to fight.

Answer 1

Answer:

center of gravity

Explanation:

Modern theories of war define a CoG as based on Clausewitz defintion: a characteristic, capability, or sources of power from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength, or will to fight.

This means, that when a military force is able to keep the war effort, it has a center of gravity that keeps the conflict ongoing, but ,if this CoG(s) fall the enemy will most likely lose the resources needed or the moral and will surrender.

Destroying the CoG means breaking the balance between opposing fronts, leading to the victory or supremacy of one.

A CoG is then a focal point that feeds the military operations and planning for a side , that if being destroyed will lead to a end or lost of the war in the mid -short term.