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Article: Army developed urban tactics, but lacked doctrine.(URBAN COMBAT)
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- July 1, 2005
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Urban warfare did not receive concentrated Army attention until the 1990s, despite a wealth of experience gained during conflicts spanning more than half a century.
Army doctrine has evolved into a focused plan of identifying, isolating and destroying concentrated targets within cities, rather than avoiding key population centers or storming them with all resources available.
It wasn't until quite recently that troops received realistic training in urban mockups.
In World War II, soldiers learned city fighting the hard way as they battled and blasted their way through the Ruhr and Manila, said Arthur Durante Jr., deputy chief of doctrine at ...