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Development of Warfare Flashcards

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1363 longbow

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Edward III states training should occur every Sunday for men 16 - 65

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1460 Cannon

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King James II of Scotland killed by his own cannon - unreliable

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3
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Falkirk

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1298 William Wallace and Edward I

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4
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Agincourt bows

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100,000 arrows a minute

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5
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Matchlock Musket Creation

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1550s

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Brown Bess

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1720 muzzleloaded

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7
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BRASS

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Breech loading
Rifling
Ammunition
Steel casting
Smokeless powder

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8
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Cannon at waterloo

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252

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9
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Cannon at Naseby

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8 on each side

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10
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Last use of feudal summons

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1327

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11
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first fully paid army

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1337 Edward III

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12
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payment for a knight’s services

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indenture

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1285

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Edward I creates the Statute of winchester - archery targets set up in every town and annual muster

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14
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pay 1700s

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£3 a day
£250 sign up

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15
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militia act

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1757 - men selected at ballot to serve for 5 years, protect country and be extra.

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Cardwells reforms

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Flogging (whipping as a punishment) was abolished.
Bounty money was abolished.
Length of service was reduced from 21 to 12 years.
Localisation Scheme was introduced, allowing recruits to ‘sign up’ and fight alongside people from their local area.
The Purchase System was abolished.
1668 - 1674

17
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national service

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1948 - 1963

18
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army size medieval

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5 - 10,000

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early modern army size

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10 - 20,000

20
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swedish salvo creator

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king gustav adolphus

21
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industrial army size

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fluctuates to over 250,000

22
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current army size

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75,000

23
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purveyance

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king has right to buy food to feed troops, led to inflation

24
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requositioning

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forcibly taking supplies from people

25
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billeting

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having to house a soldier rarely recieved compensationn

26
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literacy rate early medieval period

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6%

27
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% death in uk during civil war

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3.6

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%death in wwI

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2.6

29
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%death of total population WW II

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0.6

30
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printing press brought to England

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1471

31
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% of british population fighting in the napoleonic wars

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10%

32
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Crimea to Uk dispatch time during war

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5 hours - quick accounts of details of both successes and losses.

33
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the CNN effect

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the power of media to influence attitued, government policy and military strategy

34
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who led charge of light brigade

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lord cardigan

35
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who wrote charge of the light brigade

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Tennyson (1 1/2 months after the incident)

36
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first barracks

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1717 Berwick

37
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bayonets 1670

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ring and socket very innovative

38
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brown bess musket usage time

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130 years despite its weaknesses 1720 - 1840

39
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1900 artillery distance

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could shoot 10km due to rifling

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