How Did the Advancement in Weapons Technology Prior to World War One Influence the Rapid Evolution of German Infantry Tactics from 1914 to 1918?

by U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and Daniel T. Lathrop

Between 1870 and the start of World War I the technical development of weapons (machine guns, infantry rifles, and artillery) advanced tremendously. During the same period, the German army studied new tactics and the effects of using these modern weapons. Due to the relatively slow advance of tactics development there was a disparity between modern weapons capabilities and infantry tactics by the start of the war. Necessity being the mother of invention,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500477427
• ISBN13: 9781500477424
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"