What is the difference between theater of war and theater of operation?

Question

What is the difference between Combat Zone and Theater of Opeartion?

Would you please help me to get some source online to get details of these definitions may be with some figure ?

Answer 1

Probably similar to 'uptown' and 'downtown'. Why don't you look it up?

Answer 2

Saint-

It is a matter of geography really. A theater of war usually entails a COCOM's (Combatant Command) area of responsibility, like CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM, and covers a wide goegraphical spectrum that could cover what we recognize as various parts of mutliple continents, basically, a really large area.
A Theater of Operations is much more localized that could involve one or more countries, regions, or even a continent. During WWII, the Theater of War was Europe and Africa, stretching into SWA. To narrow this down, Operation Torch in North Africa was listed as a Theater of Operations. Please refer to the following url for a comprehensive list of military doctine which can elaborate on this. Typically we in the military refer operations now to strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war when talking about hostile engagements.

Even more localized is the definition of a combat zone. Right now, CENTCOM has a number of countries where service members are working towards the war effort in Iraq. If you are in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Kuwait, you are considered in the "Combat Zone". But I can be a member of the CENTCOM staff and be stationed in Quatar or Barhain which is considered the COMMZ (Communications Zone) which isn't eligible for combat pay and other incentives afforded soldiers in the Combat Zone, but are still forward deployed in support of hostile actions. Clear as mud?

Start with FM 3.0 (Operations), and if that doesn't work, then look up joint doctrinal manuals covering doctrine for all forces of the Department of Defense.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/

Answer 3

Combat "zones" are usually limited to a specific Geographical area like a point within a country or the area of specific sea. A theater of operation is about the size of a Continent or Ocean.

Answer 4

on a similar time as, sure the Corps has many naval traditions and serves aboard ships (and our pay tests say Dept of the army) The Marine corps popular unitizes itself for conflict in MAGTFs Marine, Air, floor job stress. The Corps does Amphibious, Helo and floor attack. in fact i will FN assure you which you will hump a ton greater interior the Corps than interior the army. like the army, the Corps has Helicopters tanks, and lightweight attack automobiles, artillery, and weapons businesses, Motor-t, grant, chefs, Radar instruments, Language, Intel crypto etc. yet, no longer in basic terms like the army the corps has habitual use of military ships, touchdown craft, We even have fixed wing jets the two usual and vertical take off for presenting our own close air help. The Corps is so very distinctive and soooo plenty greater tricky middle. it somewhat is FN severe. placed it this form, in case you are able to no longer choose then connect the army then after your hitch connect the Corps. you will could desire to do boot camp lower back, yet once you joined the Corps 1st then you definately does no longer could desire to bypass via military elementary..

Answer 5

GOOD QUESTION. IM SURPRISED NO ONE HAS ANSWERED YET. THE DIFFERENCE IS ....NO ONE CARES!