During the 1920s and 1930s, the United States Armed Forces developed a number of color-coded war plans that outlined potential US strategies for a variety of hypothetical war scenarios.

A military operation plan (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 …

Sep 24, 2020 · A war plan develops a concept to win a war militarily and politically; it is the detailed ways and means of an overarching strategy. A review of two historical examples of such planning offer approaches to overcome organizational and institutional obstacles to effective comprehensive war planning.

Mar 24, 2025 · The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.

Oct 1, 2015 · Our planning, both for war plans as well as SSA scenarios, places a heavy emphasis on the crisis portion (decisive action or Phase III) of a given contingency or scenario. War plans are often precluded by the phrase “and should deterrence fail,” loosely translated as “when all hell breaks loose.”

T. Ross, whose two books are American War Plans, 1890-1939 and U.S. War Plans, 1939-1945. Ross’s first book provides a detailed analysis of each single color-coded war plan, while the second...

United States war plans for a conflict with the Soviet Union (USSR) were formulated and revised on a regular basis between 1945 and 1950. Although most were discarded as impractical, they nonetheless would have served as the basis for action had a conflict occurred.

Beginning in the late 1800s, the United States Army and the United States Navy developed a series of war plans for the purposes of preparedness and training. These plans pitted the United States against various adversary nations under hypothetical circumstances.

For 40 years, the Allied Forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact have been preparing for a full-scale war in Europe. This site, as well as author’s books and publications, intended to lift the veil of secrecy over the topic of operational and strategic planning of possible military actions.

The first postwar plan for war in the Pacific, developed between 1921 and 1924, reviewed America's unfavorable strategic position and recognized Japan as the probable enemy.