Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
Just because you conduct "Operations," it does not follow that there is something called an "Operational Level." What we are all talking about is reaping the benefits of success at the tactical level. That is not enabled by dreaming up something called the "Operational Level." - Sherman knew how to apply tactics to fulfil his contribution to the strategy - so he conducted an operation to make sure the tactical actions were relevant to that.
Sherman was actually tactically weak, so using him for this isn't really a good example. Sheridan was a much stronger tactical commander, IMO, than Sherman. So maybe Sherman's a better example of the "operational" level....