Warefare through time

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  • how big was the army in 1250-1500
    small about 10,000 men
  • what percentage of the army was infantry in 1250-1500
    66%
  • what percentage of the army was cavalry in 1250-1500
    33%
  • how was the army led 1250-1500

    men from upper nobility not about the mens ability
  • what was the strategy 1250-1500
    limited warefare
  • how did army carry out limited warfare

    chevauches= small raids
    siege warfare= castles and towns
  • infantry weapons 1250-1500
    swords, daggers, mace
  • cavalry weapons 1250-1500
    lances, swords
  • cavalry armour 1250
    chain mail
  • when did knights start wearing whole suits of armour
    1420
  • when did knights start wearing plate armour
    1300
  • when were pikes first used

    1297 at the battle of Stirling bridge, as schiltrons
  • when were longbows first used
    1298 at the battle of falkirk
  • when did the army size begin to increase
    1640- during the civil war
  • 1500-1700 composition
    stayed the same
  • when was there an unoffical standing army
    1660s
  • infantry weapons 1500-1700

    pike men, muskets, bayonets
  • when were flint lock muskets first used
    1550
  • when were bayonets used
    1647
  • what armour did infantry wear 1500-1700
    breast/back plated and helmets
  • cavalry weapons
    pistols, dragoons, swords
  • what were dragoons
    mounted unarmoured infantry
  • when were pistols first used
    1640s
  • army size in 1700
    30,000
  • army size in 1838
    88,000
  • why did mounted knights decline
    longbows= could pick them out
    schiltrons= wouldnt run into them
  • composition in 1700
    infantry= 75%
  • infantry weapons 1700-1850

    brown bes musket, bayonets
  • brown bes muskets
    first used 1715
    had a range of 100m
  • army size 1850-1900

    rapid increase due to the increasing British empire
    1899=250000
  • composition 1850-1900
    stayed the same
  • 1850-1900 strategy
    the increasing amount of power in defence over attack so less limited warefare
  • infantry weapons 1850-1900
    minie rifels= 300m range
    machine guns= 2000m
    maxim gun= fast
  • cavalry weapons 1850-1900
    swords, pistols= a continuity
  • how big was the army in ww1
    3.5 million men
  • what was the infantry composition in ww1
    65%
  • what was the cavalry composition in ww1
    10%= decline of the mounted knights
  • what made up the army in ww1

    infantry
    cavalry
    artillery
    specialist troops
  • strategies in ww1

    total warfare
    war of attrition
  • what is total warfare

    britian used all the powers at their disposal to defeat the enemy