HIST 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: British Expeditionary Force (World War I), Alexander Von Kluck, Infanterie Greift An
12 Dec 2017
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Important terms: difference between strategy and tactics strategy is overall management of battle, campaign or war itself. How you use artillery, infantry, how you"re going to conduct attack, etc. Senior and junior management: logistics the science of supplying armies in war. Armies have to be supplied with ammunition, weaponry, clothing, food, h20, medical support, administration system. Long recognized to be key competent to fighting wars. If logistical system breaks down, you will face defeat rapidly: causality variety of ways to become causality. Killed in action, wounded, taken prisoner, disappear off face of the earth, sick or injured. Approach causality numbers with a grain of salt. Overestimating and underestimating: artillery batteries and guns" until 1914 large artillery guns were referred to as cannons, but changes in wwi. Typically, they are organized into batteries of four, sometimes six: theatre of war large geographical area where a war is fought.
