Tactics Flashcards
What are Tactics?
How a battle is fought: the arrangement of troops, attacks and timings
What Tactics were used in the FRW?
Shock tactics = Column formations charging into thin linear formations
What was the impact on Nature from Shock tactics? give example
High casualties eg: Wattinges = 8000 dead
What was Napoleon’s main tactic?
Speed to outmanoeuvre and Flank eg Australitz = 8000 dead
How did Napoleon’s Tactics affect the outcome of a war?
At the battle of Australitz the Flank resulted in the Austrian collapse and a peace treaty
What was Moltke’s pioneering Tactic?
Mission Tactics - Independent smaller divisions using the Dryse needle gun which could be fired from a prone position to skirmish
How did Mission tactics impact the Nature?
Casuality rates were minimised on the Prussian side such as at Sedan where they managed to capture 104K with minimal loss
What tactic was employed along side the Anaconda plan in ACW?
Scorched earth
How did Scorched earth Tactics affect the outcome of the ACW?
Used in Sherman’s march to the sea, the tactics applied greater pressure on the home front, the point of collapse
What tactics in WW1 were an evolution of mission tactics?
Storm troopers
How did Storm troopers effect the nature of warfare?
Increased mobility such as at the Battle of Verdun
How was the Tactic of Combined arms responsible for the Outcome of the FWW?
Successful utilisation allowed for the 100 days campaign which resulted in Germany’s defeat
