History Of War: The Third Generation Of Warfare

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According to the history of war, the warfare generation are shaped as follows; the first generation of warfare, which covered the life of Clausewitz, from 1648 to the 1860's, was considered as state-run wars. It was characterized by Orderly battlefields and militaries fought in formations of lines and columns against one another. When changing weapon technology, the production and effectiveness improved, this affected order of battlefield began to break down. The great war epitomized the second generation, that of attrition warfare. The third generation of warfare which ended until the outbreak of World War II was trench warfare which evolved, becoming the third generation of warfare; maneuver warfare as stated above and, the battlefield became

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