Elastic Defense

Easytech always seems to underrate this doctrine in comparison to those like Blitzkrieg. However, this is an equally viable doctrine. There are two different styles of it: The German Style, and the Japanese Style (also known as defense in depth). The German Style would retreat beyond enemy artillery fire, absolutely wreck any enemy units that would come to attack a prepared fortification, and then counterattack, a master of this being Heinrici. It had on numerous occasions destroyed larger Soviet armies. The Japanese style would prepare ridiculously strong fortifications, the just fire back whenever the Americans attacked, such as on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. This was generally done until they could counterattack (usually with a banzai charge), but commanders like Kuribayashi forbade any attacks whatsoever. This greatly added to American Casualties and low morale.