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The “Military Revolution”
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The “Military Revolution”
• Infantry replaces cavalry as the dominant force on the battlefield.
• Firearms become the dominant weapon.• Armies become larger and more complex.• “Combined arms” operations.• Fortifications change dramatically.• War becomes a monopoly of the state.
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The Spanish Square (Tercio), c. 1490 - 1643
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Increase in the Size of Armies
• 1415, Battle of Agincourt – 9,000 English vs. 30,000 French
• 1643, Battle of Rocroi– 23,000 French vs. 27,000 Imperial troops
• 1806, Battle of Jena–Auerstedt– 67,000 French vs. 120,500 Prussians
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Organization
• Army• Corps• Division• Brigade• Regiment
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• Thirty Year’s War 1618-1648 Austria, German Catholic States, Spain vs. Protestant German States, Denmark, Sweden, France
• English Civil War 1642-1648 Charles I vs. Parliament
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• Grenadier Guards, 1656• Coldstream Guards, 1650• Scots Guards, 1661
• Horse Guards, 1650
GrenadierCompany
LightCompany
The Regiment
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Napoleonic Corps Organization
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Change in Fortifications
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Mons Megs1449
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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Marquis de Vauban, 1633 – 1707
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Original trading post
building. 1726
US additions during the War of 1812
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