history

Question 1

What happened in 1914?

Answer 1

In 1914, the U.S. Army comprised 98,000 men, of whom some 45,000 were stationed overseas. The regular Army was backed up by the 27,000 troops in the National Guard.

Question 2

How were the Greeks able to defeat the persians?

Answer 2

Through Maneuver at the battle of marathon

Question 3

Jaques Novicov completed a study on what?

Answer 3

The war from the earliest recorded warfare in history thru 1898.

Question 4

What were Jaques Novicov’s findings about war?

Answer 4

For 3502 years peace existed less the 5% of the time.

Question 5

Define Military History?

Answer 5

An objective, accurate, descriptive, and interpretive record of the Armed forces at peace and war.

Question 6

What are the four military lessons?

Answer 6

1. Lessons learned2. Understand the enemy3. Human side of War4. Doctrine development

Question 7

What is RMA?

Answer 7

Revolution in Military Affairs.

Question 8

What are the three common preconditions for the full realization of a RMA. (Hint T/D/O

Answer 8

1. Technological Developments. 2. Doctrine Innovations3. Organizational Adaption

Question 9

History is?Theoryis?Doctrine is?

Answer 9

1. Particular knowledge of what happened. 2. General Knowledge of what happened. 3. Common behavior of what to do about it.

Question 10

Two threads of Continuity?

Answer 10

1. Internal Threads2. External Threads

Question 11

Threads of Continuity the failure to ?

Answer 11

The study of military history reveals the art of war as an ever changing phenomenon. Each war is different in some ways from those preceding it. Military and political leaders must adapt to these changes. Failure to recognize the impact of thes changes often has resulted in defeat.

Question 12

What are the 8 internal threads?

Answer 12

1. Military professionalism2. Logistics and administration3. Logistics 4. Operations5. Strategy6. Tactics7. Leadership8. Military theory and doctrine

Question 13

What are external threads?

Answer 13

1. Political factors 2. Social Factors. 3. Economic Factors 4. Technology5. Military Geography

Question 14

What are the nine principles of war?

Answer 14

objective/offensive/mass/economy of force/maneuver, unity of command/security/surprise/simplicity They are in Field manual 3-0

Question 15

How did King George’s war began?

Answer 15

In 1745 French and Indiang forces raided English fortifications in Maine.