Lossberg studyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Lossberg study was a German military plan prepared by Lieutenant Colonel Bernhard von Lossberg and developed under Alfred Jodl in OKW on September 15, 1940. Its northward direction of attack on the Soviet Union was favoured in the Barbarossa Plan, signed by Hitler. Key paragraphs: "To conduct the operations first it's necessary to decide whether the main stroke direction would be northward or southward to the Pripet Marshes ... The advantages of aiming the main stroke northward are as follows:

• much better concentration possibilities (railroads)
• interest in inflicting a prompt defeat on Russians in Baltic states
• relatively better road conditions at operational direction
• cooperation possibility with XXI Group, acting from Finland
• attainability of Leningrad and Moscow