Essay On Military Innovation

The process of innovation in the military forms a complex process that involved many factors contribute to its failure or success. Innovation is not only about the emergence of new equipment but military culture, military technology, and political support can prove to be important factors in the battlefield. The military technology of the interwar period was one factor that added to the greatness of innovation, but it was not the most important factor on successful military innovation. Despite the fact that there were many new technologies emerged or improved in the interwar period such as the aircrafts, tanks, submarines, poison gas, aircraft carriers, and radio, but also there were other factors which enhanced the effectiveness of technological progress and eventually influence in the military innovation. After the First World War, the interwar period witnessed genuine military innovations accomplished by many key players. Germany was a main …show more content…
The Germans were able to identify the gaps and the challenges in order to be a powerful nation in the European and the international theatre. The development of the military culture and the political support to the German army were more important factors than technology in successful military innovation.
The first important factor was the military culture within the German army, which contributed to the success of German military innovation. German military culture represents the intellectual and spiritual capacity of the army to come to grips with the business of preparing for and executing war. The most important move towards recreation of the officer corps occurred in 1919. General Hans von Seeckt, the commander –in-chief of the army was assigned to select new officer corps in accordance with the Versailles Treaty. Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany’s Army was reduced to only 4,000 officers and so Hans von Seeckt used this opportunity to his advantage