Quality of Soldiers Flashcards
What are the different types of qualities a soldier can possess?
- Skill
- Moral
In the FRW what were the Qualities of the Soldiers?
High Moral but low skill
How did The Quality of Soldiers in the FRW alter tactics?
Relied on simplistic frontal assaults and Shock tactics due to high number and low skill
How did the Quality of Soldiers in the FRW affect death toll?
Could sustain up to 20% loss so it was higher
What was the Skill quality of Napoleon’s Soldiers?
High skill until 1812
How far could Napoleon’s army supposedly march in a day?
80 Miles
Give a positive and Negative example of where Napoleon’s Quality of Soldiers affected the Outcome of his wars?
Positive - Australitz where they came from 108-mile radius and forced the Austrian surrender
Negative - Low quality at Waterloo meant basic tactics and loss
What was the Quality of Moltke’s Troops?
High Quality
What did Moltke’s High quality allow for?
Mission Tactics and Greater delegation in Skirmishes
At what instance in the Crimean war did the Quality of Soldiers prove to be Crucial?
The battle of Inkerman = 9:1
the battle of balaclava = the thin red line
What was the Quality of the 500,000 British conscripts in WW1?
Low skill but high moral
What was the impact of the low quality of soldiers on the death toll in WW1? give example
High casualties = Somme 400,000
How did High Allie Moral result in Victory in WW1?
Entente could withhold the attritional style where as the Germans bent with the Keil mutiny, the spark for the internal implosion
