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reasonabletolookforoperationsbeginningsinmilitarypurposesofwarsand
thewaysofachievingthegoals.Whileotherfactorssuchastheoperationscale
(spatial,materialandtemporal)constituteitscharacteristics25.
Source:ownstudy.
Fig01010TheoperationbeginningsaccordingtoA0Czupryński
Tisthesishasbeenjustifiedincontemporarymilitarypractice,also
confirmedbytheconflictsinthePersianGulfexperience.Withtechnological
developmentsavailability,thescaleoftheoperationhasbeenreducedbymore
thantwo-fold.
TeDesertStormOperationwasconductedinaccordancewiththePowell
Doctrineofthetime26inJanuaryandFebruary1991,withapproximately
737,000soldiersparticipating.TwocorpsliberatedKuwaitinthecourseofthe
landońensivelastingapproximately100hours.Ontheotherhand,asaresultof
IraqiFreedomOperation(2003),conductedinaccordancewiththeRumsfeld
doctrine27withtheparticipationofabout300,000soldiers,controlofmostof
Iraq’sterritorywasgainedaferapproximatelythreeweeks’operation.
25
See:A.Czupryński,Sztuka...,p.44.
26
AccordingtoColinPowell,oneshouldengageinanarmedconflictshouldonly
whenoneparty’sstrikecapabilitiesareoverwhelminginrelationtotheenemyforces,and
thechancesofsuccessaremaximisedattheminimumpossiblelosses.Tedoctrineof
overwhelmingstrikecapabilities.
27
AccordingtoDonaldRumsfeld,appropriatetroops’combatreadinesswhile
reducingtheirmaintenancecostsispossiblebylimitingthenumberofforcesinthewar
18
