Operational level of war

The level of warfare at which campaigns and major operations are planned and conducted to connect tactical actions with strategic objectives.

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Military campaign: A series of military operations designed to achieve a strategic objective within a defined time and area. Campaigns are the central form through which operational-level plans organize multiple engagements.
Military strategy: The direction and use of military means to achieve political and national objectives. Operational plans translate strategic aims into campaigns and major operations.
Alexander Svechin: A Soviet military theorist who developed an influential account of operational art and strategy between the world wars. His writings helped establish operations between battles as a distinct object of military thought.
Joint warfare: Military operations conducted by forces from two or more service branches acting together. Operational commanders synchronize land, sea, air, space, and cyber capabilities toward shared objectives.
Levels of war: A framework distinguishing strategic, operational, and tactical activity in warfare. The operational level is one part of this framework, not a separate kind of war.
Center of gravity (military): A source of power that provides a force or state with strength, freedom of action, or will to act. Operational planners identify and target sources of strength that shape campaign outcomes.
Tactics (military): The methods used to deploy and employ forces in engagements and battles. Tactical actions supply the results that operational plans sequence and exploit.
Soviet deep battle: A Soviet military doctrine for defeating an enemy through simultaneous attacks across tactical and operational depths. It exemplified the operational-level thinking developed by Soviet theorists.
Theater of operations: A geographical area in which major military operations are conducted and supported. Theater organization gives operational planning a defined geographic and command framework.
Strategic level of war: The level of warfare concerned with national or coalition objectives and the employment of military power to achieve them. It sets the ends that operational campaigns are designed to serve.