How does one study a military campaign so as to truly understand it?

it depends on what of it you want to tell: there are multiple ways of seeing a military campaign: from technical to emotional categories and so on and each one has its own type of analisy

>>2285942

from the perspective of a general or military strategist and tactician

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I really wanna know my shit

>>2285938

Read his book, 'Peoples War, Peoples Army'. Pretty good read and gets into his mindset.

>>2285965
Well like >>2285942 said there's even a bit of scope within that. Starting with what you mean by campaign. It's a bit of a loose term. Do you mean an offensive that's part of a larger theatre, like the Somme or Passchendale? Or do you mean an entire theatre such as North Africa in WW2 or Spain/Portugal in the Napoleonic Wars?