The rise of the ‘leadership first’ strike — and why it’s so important in warfare

Imagine if Allied intelligence had located Adolf Hitler in late May 1944 and killed him before the Normandy invasion. Imagine that in the same hour, strikes eliminated Hitler’s designated successor; the head of the German Armed Forces High Command; the chief operational planner of the war effort; Field Marshal Erwin…

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