Military operation plan
A military operation plan (also commonly called a war plan before World War II) is a formal plan for military armed forces, their military organizations and units to conduct operations, as drawn up by commanders within the combat operations process in achieving objectives before or during a conflict.[1] Military plans are generally produced in accordance with the military doctrine of the troops involved. Because planning is a valuable exercise for senior military staff, in peacetime nations generally produce plans (of varying detail) even for very unlikely hypothetical scenarios.
Plan XVII and the Schlieffen Plan are examples of World War I military plans. The United States developed a famous color-coded set of war plans in the early 20th century; see United States color-coded war plans.
Military plans often have code names.
United States
In the
Among publicly known U.S. Operations Plans are two which address possible events on the Korean Peninsula,
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) the successful planning of multinational military operations requires common doctrine. This doctrine is documented in Allied Joint Publication (AJP) five, which is aimed primarily at those engaged in operational-level planning, specifically commanders and staffs employed in joint force command headquarters and component command headquarters. It describes the fundamental aspects of planning joint operations at the operational level and provides an overarching framework of the key planning principles, considerations and process steps that are followed in operational-level planning.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Operation Plans [OPLAN]". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Joint Publication 5-0. Joint Operation Planning Archived 2017-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. 26 December 2006. Accessed 21 August 2010.
- ISBN 0593476093.
- ^ "Allied Joint Publication 5 - Allied Joint Doctrine for Operational-Level Planning" (PDF). NATO. June 2013. AJP-5. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
External links
- Operation Plans (OPLAN) - from GlobalSecurity.org
- UK Planning Doctrine JDP 5-00 Campaign Planning