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259: 190: 203: 178: 22: 398:. Spannocchi's doctrine was the leading military doctrine of the Austrian Armed Forces for more than 20 years, until the end of the cold war made armed conflict in Europe very unlikely, and resulted in the construction of expansive bunker complexes and fortifications throughout most of Austria, particularly its Alpine part. 390:, albeit missing their specific political contents. Utilizing partisan tactics of a war of attrition or popular resistance, but also mobilizing scare-tactics, a small, neutral Austria could defend its sovereignty against both 362:. In 1957, he was appointed commander of the Armored Troops School, 1960 as commander of the 9th Armored Brigade and from 1963 until 1973 head of the National Defense Academy of Austria. 453: 272:(1 September 1916 – 29 August 1992) was an Austrian military officer and military theorist. He reached the apex of his career as a general in the 458: 448: 86: 58: 334:
After the war, Spannocchi worked in the private sector for several years, until he decided to join the proto-military of
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and being wounded twice, he was captured by American forces in late April and became prisoner of war until June 1945.
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Emil Spannocchi was born into a noble family on 1 September 1916 in
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Emil Spannocchi's grave in the Theresian Military Academy Cemetery,
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Spannocchi developed what was known as the doctrine of
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