The importance of the strategic and military location of the Sinjar mountain range
An Applied Study in Military Geography
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32410/huj-10530Keywords:
Strategy, Shangal, Mountain Range, MilitaryAbstract
Mountains are essentially a natural element of a topographical unit, but have long been considered an influential factor in the military and strategic processes. Sometimes the geographical location of a mountain range gives countries and armed forces a vital military strategy role.
This study will concentrate on the importance of the strategic and military location of the Shangal mountain range. The effects have been there in the past and persist today, and signs suggest that they will expand in the future because If in the past the military strategy of this mountain range has been important for the people of the region, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi Government, at the moment, the study area has an important strategic military, economic and political at the regional and even the international levels.
To show the internal and external military strategy of the study area, which is the purpose of the research, The study is divided into an introduction and three main topics. As a result, the military strategies results of the mountain range are presented. Based on these results, two short-term and long-term recommendations are presented.
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