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Dutch Drill

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Maurice of Nasau, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)

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First documentation of war

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Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

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Made war an enterprise

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Albrecht Von Wallenstein (1583-1684)

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Dutch reforms, logistics, cavalry, artillery, co-ordination (first Modern Army)

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Gustavus Adolphous

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First Standing Army

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Louis XIII

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Main changers in the French military after 7 years war

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Philisophs

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Made maps that detailed attacks/campaigns

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General Pierre Bourcet in 1763

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created booklets that outlines everything a commander needs to know for war

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General Pierre Bourcet

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Created divisions with 12,000 men

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Marshal Victor-Francois de Broglei

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drills exact bore for artillery

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Jean Maritz (1680-1743)

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Drilled bore perfected by

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Jean Maritz jr (1711-1790

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Commander of French artillery after 1763

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Jean Vaquette de Gribeauval

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Essai Général de Tactique

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count Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Guibert (1743-1790)

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Volunteers of 1971

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100,000 active citizens, for 1 year

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Volunteers of 1972

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220,000 men (no property required)

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Three Armies in France during French Revolution

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Old Royal Army, Volunteers of 91 and 92

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1793 Jacobins call for all of society to fight

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Levee en Masse

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“Organizer of Victory”

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Lazare Carnot

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implemented Bourcet’s divisional organization

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Lazare Carnot

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shock tactics and attack Collums

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Lazare Carnot

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21
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stages coup and calls himself Consoler

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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what was Napoleon in 1793

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Captin of Artillery

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What was Napoleon in 1796

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Commander of Italian invasion

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General of British army in Peninsular Wars

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Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington

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created fuze shell
Henri-Joseph Paxhans
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Jeune Ecole (naval school)
Admiral Theophile Aube
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"The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" (1890)
Captain Alfred Thayes Mahan
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Secretary of Naval Defense and Mahan's friend
Theodore Rosevelt
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Who caused the creation of pearl harbor naval base
Standford Dole
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Who thought America should control the world through the navy
Mahan
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Advocate for American naval expansion
Charles Boutelle, Maine congressman
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Rational Laws based on Code Napoleon
Robert Reel
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new ruler of Prussia that promises to bring nationalism without liberalism, and creates Landwehr
Otto Von Bismark
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who increased Prussian army size by adding more short-term conscripts
Helmuth von Moltke
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Vom Kreig (On War) 1839
Karl con Clausewitz
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General of Austrian army in Austro-Prussian war
Lt Feild Marshal Ludwig von Benedek
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Populist Emperor of France in 1843
Louis-Napoleon III
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Aufstragtaktik
Officers told to do, not how. Kreigspeile
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Integration of German railway system and telegrams
Moltke
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1858 first military rail exercise by Moltke
16,000 men 650 horses and supplies
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Schiessbuch
Marksmanship, different shooting positions, 100 shots/year
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first breach loading cannon
Kruppt family
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First french rifled gun
Chasspot
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First Prussian rifled gun
Needle Gun
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First steam ship used by British navy
Comet,1822 at 900 tons
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First Naval steam ship
Katerin
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1829 first French steam warship
Sphinx
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first dedicated war ship
Dee, 1830, 900 tons
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Paddle steam ship
Terrible, 1845, 3,190 tons
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First screw propeller steam ship
Rattlas, 1843
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last wood ship built in
1861
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In-between wood and iron
iron-clad
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battle of Hampton roads
starts iron-clad revolution
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first iron-clad battle (Austria vs Turkey)
Lissa, 1866
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division between armored and un-armored ships in 1870
armored battleships stay home, un-armored cruise ships travel
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First use of self-propelled Torpedo's
Russia sinking Turkish ships in Black Sea War
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1. character of people make good navies 2. purpose of navy is to gain command of sea
"The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" (1890)
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to command sea you must control
choke points
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U.S rises from _ economy in 1860 to _ economy in 1900
4th - 1st
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U.S had _ miles of Rail in 1860 to _ miles of Rail in 1900
35,000 - 193,000
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U.S produced _ Tons of steel in 1860 to _ Tons of steel in 1900
20,000 - 1 million
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U.S produced _ Tons of coal in 1860 to _ Tons of coal in 1900
3 million - 244 million
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Stop Scramble for America's
Monroe Doctrine
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First U.S modern Battle Ship
Maine + Texas (1863)
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1890 10 _ class
Indiana
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this ship had new engines, displacement of 10,000 tons, 18-inch-thick armor, 13-inch guns, and 4 turrets
Indiana Class
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1892 _ class
Iowa
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in 1893 America moves from _ to _ navy
12th - 5th
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Prussian railway tripled in 1850 - 70 with
2,404 miles in 1850, 4,455 miles in 1860, 7,160 miles in 1870
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Prussian Ruhr
1850, 1.9 milion tons of coal - 1860, 4.3 million tons of coal
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Prussian Taor
675,000 tons of steel in 1850 - 2.1 million tons of steel in 1860
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Prussian steel boom creates boom in
Banking, Finance, Investment
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Austro Prussian War
1866
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Prussians emphasize
Avoidance of Frontal assaults
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Kesselschlaccht
encircle and eliminate enemy
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Clausewitz
War must be total and must plan for war in peace time
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Magdeberg (november 1630-1631)
30,000 people reduced to 5,000
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Plan of invasion was with _ armies
3
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Prussians invaded Austria with
250,000 soldiers, another 250,000 watching what other German states would do
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Koninggratz
Prussians met Benedek
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Napoleons dictat
armies must move in multiple direction converging on one area
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At Chlum Prussians
Captured the town from 3 army corps with 1 army corps
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who sued for peace
Franz Joseph
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Mitrailleuse
First machine gun
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the Franco Prussian war occurred in
1870-1871

HTST 381 (8 decks)

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