Maneuver warfare

Technological advancement changed the nature of land warfare, increased the complexity of war, and produced weapons deadlier than ever before. The development of the machine gun, rail, telegraph, poisonous gas, artillery, and radar are just a few of the evolution in military technology. The evolution of

The Battle of Inchon Landing WO1 Ryan P. Hoover Warrant Officer Basic Course 02-14 CW3 DATE Introduction On 25 June 1950, North Korea forces launched a surprise invasion on South Korea under the command of Kim Il-sung and the North Korean People’s Army. During this time, the North Korean People’s Army forced through the 38th parallel and pushed through the unprepared Republic of Korea forces to the Southeast Pusan peninsula. The approximately 125 mile defensive perimeter was where United

years since Inchon, the modern militarization of both state and non-state adversaries has transformed the battlespace to utilize warfare across multiple domains. This transformation requires a forthright Sun Tzu-like comparison of Marine Corps capabilities, and the perspicacity to recognize that our current posture along with a traditional approach to amphibious warfare is no longer effective at countering our enemies. Given the challenges that exist across the domains of military operations, this

Front Remarque brings life to William Tecumseh Sherman's famous quote “War is hell” by exposing how alike war and hell are by virtue of their similarities: How the conditions at the front were so horrendous they resembled conditions of hell; How new warfare technology turned

Believing in his results from combat in WWI Mitchell set out to prove the importance of the air domain challenging the establishment on the significance of air power. Mitchell started out with a balanced approach regarding of this “new instrument of warfare” but as time progressed he and his pupils in the Air Service departed from a vision of a balanced force to one concentrated solely on strategic bombing leading up to WWII. Billy

of Europe”, which destruction had begun with the Franco-Prussian war. As far as the French needed revenge and the Germany sought for colonies, the active military actions were inevitable, and, due to the French and German diplomacy, the scope of warfare was unprecedented. Both parties had a stake on a short-termed war, thus, they made military reforms and preparations to fit the character of the actions. Before the First World War, Europe stood at the height of its international dominance and prosperity

Introduction World War 1 was like nothing that had ever happened in the world before. Although it was inevitable, the horrific loss of life was pointless. Almost no-one except the politicians ruling agreed with it, which has been proven by soldier's diaries, and most famously the football match between the British and the Germans on Christmas Day 1914. All-in-all, World War 1 resulted in a revolution in infantry tactics which fundamentally altered how wars were fought. The armies which clashed in

CAS was an important mission during WWII. The synergistic effect of the tactical German aviation as part of the blitzkrieg was one of the main innovations in war. However, this was the result of the experimentation and training, much of which occurred during the Spanish Civil War. In the same way, Russian Tactical Aviation developed ground support capabilities that were important to stop the German invasion. On the American side, as a result of the performance of the Tactical Air Command (TAC), the

perspective that the Vietnam War was a waste of people 's lives and a shameful venture for the United States. According to Tim O 'Brien, the Viet Cong 's and United States ' fighting tactics were a waste of people 's lives. The Viet Cong used guerrilla warfare tactics which resulted in Americans being killed and in turn caused innocent civilians to die. The Viet Cong planted mines along the paths and in the jungles to injure American soldiers. The Viet Cong were never out in the open and had the sympathy

accelerate the rate at which innovation and inventions tend to happen as fighting powers race to find ways to overcome their rivals. The clash of 19th and 20th century ideas led to large technological advances in military technology, never before seen in warfare before. Weapons of horror and mass devastation entered the battlefield, causing commanders and tacticians to adapt and change the ways the fought wars. Rapid firing machine guns and new machines of war such as the tank were introduced causing fear