On this day in notorious incident early in Franco-Prussian war, German soldiers threaten to lynch 14 civilians from village of Gunstett accuse of sniping -> beginning of long and bloody escalation around guerilla "franc tireur" threat. See Isabel Hull's Absolute Destruction. twitter.com/Krieg7071/stat…
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter