Warfare by type

a great affect on them, just like the actual fighting did. There were many things that affected them in this like food quality, rats, privacy, and trench foot. These things could have almost the same impact on them as the fighting itself. Trench warfare is the method of digging trenches in the battlefield for protection and a way to defend oneself. This was very popular in World War I. There were about 2,490 kilometers of trenches all over western Europe. They were not huge. They would…

day. The introduction of prosthetics helped give soldiers the ability to move once more and with the invention of the x-ray, injures on the front lines became noticeable. Tanks created a safe way to travel and with the establishment of biological warfare, battles were changed forever. Lastly, WWI left a…

Introduction The failure of the Iraq and Afghanistan War has triggered an immense increase in the number of academic literature regarding asymmetrical warfare. It is generally assumed that the power disparity between a strong state and a weaker non-state opponent would permit the stronger adversary to win. However, history illustrates a different picture, since weak non-state actors have been the side reaping victory. This paper will limit its scope by examining why strong counterinsurgent…

Trench warfare was a war tactic used in World War I that helped military men defend themselves. It also was for their own protection, but of course there were still many fatalities. Was it a good war tactic? No, and here is why. It was designed to help make the war progress with greater speed but all it did was cause a stalemate. Trench warfare started on the Western Front on September 15th, 1914. The first trenches were first used in the First Battle of the Marne when both sides of troops…

Trench warfare was one of the deadliest ways of fighting World War I. One of the ways that trench warfare was so dangerous was chlorine gas. Chlorine gas caused great damage to the repertory system. If soldiers inhaled the gas it caused death by asphyxiation because their lungs filled with fluid and cause severe breathing problems. It would also cause intense irritation of the skin, the eyes, and the throat. The gas was soon contained into shells that were dropped directly into enemy trenches…

resistant to medicine just as our bodies could resist to some sicknesses. In the book Biological Terrorism by Steve Goodwin and Randall W. Phillis they present a history of microorganism used to help cure diseases and misused by Medics, and biological warfare. To combat sickness scientist have studied ways to reduce deaths caused by diseases by developing vaccines. The use of vaccinations aids a sick person to cure a certain viruses like the flu or small pox. “The idea behind a vaccine is to…

dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefiting effects . While an exact agreed upon definition is a current a topic of debate, it is essentially the blending of multiple types of warfare to exploit the weaknesses of a stronger adversary. Hybrid threats, regardless of the definition used, have numerous aspects in common. A theme seen throughout hybrid threat organizations is their ability to fluidly react to their…

“Psychological warfare- n. [after German psychologischer Krieg (1938 in the passage translated in quot. 1939); the more usual term is psychologische Kriegsführung (1958 or earlier)] the use (originally as a military strategy) of tactics intended to undermine the morale or allegiance of one's opponent or opponents, as opposed to physical force.” There were two types of psychological warfare that was used during the Vietnam War and those two tactics were tactical and strategic psywar. Tactical…

bit of learning curve involved as military leaders on both sides attempted to deal with the rapid changing climate of warfare. I found it interesting that military strategies were not afforded an opportunity for adaption in the midst of these changes. Trench warfare consisted of intricately woven trenches that allowed for troops to move between the front lines and three other types of trenches located behind the front lines in a hidden manner. Allies had an organized tier system that was a…

weapons and previous methods of medical care made way for new medical advancements. The weapons of the First World War gave way to the creation of new medical technologies. Before getting into the types of weapons used, first comes learning the tactics of the war. The idea of total war and trench warfare were heavily rooted in World War I. Total war was the complete mobilization of resources and people. This meant that many military powers found quick and effective ways to move their…