How France Fought a Lightning War in Mali (Op Serval)
Chapters:
0:00 – The Situation
1:35 – Rebel Offensive
2:35 – French Intervention
4:30 – Task Force Doctrine
5:50 – Emergency Deployments
7:23 – France on the Attack
14:47 – Takeaways
Sources:
• Consultation with Op Serval veteran
• “France’s War in Mali: Lessons for an Expeditionary Army” by Michael Shurkin (RAND)
• “Operation Serval: Another Beau Geste of France in Sub-Saharan Africa?” by Lt. Gen. Olivier Tramond and Lt. Col. Philippe Seigneur (French Army)
• “What It Means to Be Expeditionary: A Look at the French Army in Africa” by Michael Shurkin (RAND)
• INF 223 “Manuel d’emploi des groupement tactique interarmes a dominante infanterie” (Operating Manual for the Infantry Dominant Combined Arms Battle Group), French Army, 2001
• Various French language news articles published in 2013
Credit to : Battle Order
