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3015:. Mahan argued that in the Anglo-French wars of the 18th and 19th centuries, domination of the sea was the deciding factor in the outcome, and therefore control of seaborne commerce was critical to military victory. Mahan argued that the best way to achieve naval domination was through large fleets of concentrated
2756:(1853–1856) saw the introduction of trench warfare, long-range artillery, railroads, the telegraph, and the rifle. The mechanized mass-destruction of enemy combatants grew ever more deadly. In WWI (1914–1918) machine-guns, barbed wire, chemical weapons, and land-mines entered the battlefield. The deadly stalemated
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Sherman called it, "Hard War". Sherman's advance through Georgia and the Carolinas was characterized by the widespread destruction of civilian supplies and infrastructure. In contrast to later conflicts, the damage done by Sherman was almost entirely limited to property destruction. In
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and airplanes for reconnaissance and directing artillery fire. To prevent enemy reconnaissance, some airplane pilots began attacking other airplanes and balloons, first with small arms carried in the cockpit, and later with machine guns mounted on the aircraft. Both sides also made use of aircraft
3349:(1921) that future military leaders could avoid falling into bloody World War I-style trench stalemates by using aviation to strike past the enemy's forces directly at their vulnerable civilian population, which Douhet believed would cause these populations to rise up in revolt to stop the bombing.
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Static defenses evolved from the use of permanent fortifications that were direct descendants of medieval castles. As artillery improved in destructive power and penetrative ability, more modern fortifications were developed, using first thicker layers of stone, then concrete and steel. After naval
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are large guns designed to fire large projectiles a great distance. Early artillery pieces were large and cumbersome with slow rates of fire. This reduced their use to sieges, by both defenders and attackers. With the advent of the industrial age and various technological advancements, lighter, yet
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Vietnam War, make mass conscription less likely,
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or "lightning war" saw whole armies moved rapidly on tracked and armored fighting vehicles. During the war airborne movement was used, with soldiers dropped to the battlefield by parachute by both the
Germans and the Allies. After WWII, developments in helicopters brought a more practical way to
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was the duel of ironclads that symbolized the changing times. Although the battle was inconclusive, nations around the world subsequently raced to convert their fleets to iron, as ironclads had shown themselves to be clearly superior to wooden ships in their ability to withstand enemy fire.
3627:. The fighting of a total war where nuclear weapons are used is something that instead of taking years and the full mobilisation of a country's resources such as in WWII, would take tens of minutes. Such weapons are developed and maintained with relatively modest peace time defence budgets.
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as "flying artillery" for land offensives. Artillery was slow and required time to set up a firing position, whereas aircraft were better able keep up with the fast advances of the German panzer columns. Close air support greatly assisted in the successes of the German Army in the
3139:, also used for reconnaissance; and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties. Because of the restricted space on aircraft carriers, these aircraft were almost always small, single-engined warplanes. The first true demonstration of naval air power was the victory of the
3602:(ICBM), which the Soviet Union first successfully tested in the late 1950s. To deliver a warhead to a target, a missile was far less expensive than a bomber that could do the same job. Moreover, at the time it was impossible to intercept ICBMs due to their high altitude and speed.
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refers to the act of adding spiral grooves to the inside of the barrel of a firearm. The grooves would cause a projectile to spin as it traveled down the barrel, improving range and accuracy. Once rifling became easier and practical, a new type of firearm was introduced, the
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As artillery and rifles allowed the killing of enemy personnel at a longer effective range, soldiers started to dig into temporary fortifications. These included massive trenches as used in WWI, and individual soldier-sized "fox holes" which became more common in WWII.
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artillery developed the turret – a moving cannon platform – land fortifications started to use this method as well. Between the World Wars, France built an "impregnable" underground steel and concrete fortification that ran the length of the German-French border. This
2485:. Combined with the widespread use of the machine gun, the horse, after millennia of use, was finally supplanted in its war time role. During both WWI and WWII, trucks were used to carry combatants and materiel, while cars and jeeps were used to scout enemy positions.
3092:, launched in 1941, displaced 72,000 tons and mounted 18-inch (46 cm) guns. This marked the climax of "big gun" warfare, as aircraft would gradually play a larger role in warfare. By the 1960s, battleships had all-but vanished from the fleets of the world.
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appeared, initially as a way to circumvent the tonnage limits of the
Washington Naval Treaty (many of the first carriers were converted battlecruisers). Though several ships had previously been designed to launch aircraft, the first true "flat-top" carrier was
3356:, saw the potential of air power to neutralize the striking power of naval surface fleets. Mitchell himself proved the vulnerability of capital ships to aircraft was finally in 1921 when he commanded a squadron of bombers that sank the ex-German battleship
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independently invented by the
British and French to break through trenches while withstanding machine gun fire, while discounted by many, came into its own. Tanks evolved from thin-skinned, lumbering vehicles into fast, powerful war machines of
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sought to avoid open conflict between their respective forces, as both sides recognized that such a clash could very easily escalate, and quickly involve nuclear weapons. Instead, the superpowers fought each other through their involvement in
3339:, believed that aircraft would become the dominant military arm in the future, and argued that future wars would be won entirely by the destruction of the enemy's military and industrial capability from the air. This concept was called
2823:. It gave combatants the ability to specifically target an enemy combatant, rather than have large numbers of combatants fire in a general direction. It effectively broke up groups of combatants into smaller more maneuverable units.
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at the end of the era. Machine guns were valued for their ability to smash infantry formations, especially attacking enemy formations when they were dense. This, along with effective field artillery, changed tactics drastically.
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Conscription, particularly when the conscripts are being sent to foreign wars that do not directly affect the security of the nation, has historically been highly politically contentious in democracies. For instance, during
3485:, the first major battle whose outcome was determined primarily in the air. The campaigns conducted in Europe and Asia could involve thousands of aircraft dropping tens of thousands of tons of munitions over a single city.
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and machining technique produced larger and deadlier guns, and the development of explosive shells, capable of demolishing a wooden ship at a single blow, in turn required the addition of iron armor, which led to
2591:. A state's sealift capabilities may include civilian-operated ships that normally operate by contract, but which can be chartered or commandeered during times of military necessity to supplement government-owned
3646:(MAD), the idea that a nuclear attack by one superpower would result in nuclear counter-strike by the other. This would result in hundreds of millions of deaths in a world where, in words widely attributed to
3049:-armored ship, entirely dependent on steam turbines, and sporting a number of large shell guns mounted in turrets arranged along the centerline of the main deck. The ultimate design was reached in 1906 with
3477:, by contrast, was unlike anything the world has seen before or since. In 1940, the Germans attempted to force Britain to surrender through attacks on its airfields and factories, and then on its cities in
3165:, marked the beginning of the end for the battleship era. Following WWII, aircraft carriers continued to remain key to navies throughout the latter 20th century, moving in the 1950s to jets launched from
3609:(SLBM). It was hailed by military theorists as a weapon that would assure a surprise attack would not destroy the capability to retaliate, and therefore would make nuclear war less likely.
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involved thousands of nuclear weapons being aimed at each side by the other. Strategically, the equal balance of destructive power possessed by each side situation came to be known as
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inspired the development of ballistic missile submarines, each one loaded with dozens of nuclear-armed missiles and with orders to launch them from sea should the other nation attack.
2624:. A strategic airlift is the use transporting of weapons, supplies and personnel over long distances (from a base in one country to a base in another country for example) using large
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because it was believed that the US would use their own strategic weapons (mainly bombers at the time) should the USSR deploy any kind of nuclear weapon against civilian targets.
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are fully automatic guns. In this era of warfare they only existed as mounted support weapons, as automatic firearms were not yet developed. Early machine guns as invented by
2331:'s strategic, economic, and psychological ability to wage war had to be definitively crushed. They believed that to break the backbone of the South, the North had to employ
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could no longer live off the land, but required an extensive support network of people behind the lines to keep them fed and armed. This required the mobilization of the
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in which submarines sank merchant ships without warning, but the only successful campaign during this period was
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Between 1918 and 1939, aircraft technology developed very rapidly. By 1939 military biplanes were in the process of being replaced with metal framed
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became the first warship to have both a uniform main battery and steam turbine engines, creating a standard for warships that lasted until the 1940s.
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Largest single battle in history. Decisive battle of the
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First fight between two powered iron-covered warships.
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which were used on a tactical level to support troops.
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Extensive use of steel battleships in naval conflict.
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First major battle to be fought entirely in the air.
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First major use of railroads at the strategic level.
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and scrapped many of their battleships and cruisers.
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2204:. In terms of technology, this era saw the rise of
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3071:pitted the old Royal Navy against the new navy of
2416:occurred in several countries in the late 1960s.
2311:The earliest modern example of total war was the
2300:were first used to boost production and maintain
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3961:Decisive battle between steel-covered warships.
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3406:or a single heavy four-engine bomber carrying a
3662:, military buildups, and diplomatic standoffs.
3378:. Strategic bombing focused on targets such as
3273:of 1911, when the Italians carried out several
2507:that dominated the battlefield and allowed the
4591:First major air-land-sea campaign in history.
3492:. The postwar years saw a rapid conversion to
3470:bombers under construction on an assembly line
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3281:missions. During WWI both sides made use of
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4822:Technological escalation during World War II
2530:rose to prominence with the creation of the
2470:, would destroy tracks, heat the rails, and
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3269:The first use of airplanes in war was the
3265:bombers flying in a large attack formation
2974:for ships appeared in the 1810s, improved
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7409:List of military strategies and concepts
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3012:The Influence of Sea Power upon History
2180:armies, rapid transportation (first on
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4678:Largest seaborne invasion in history.
4427:warfare. Largest invasion in history.
3634:stand-off of the Cold War between the
3569:atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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7869:Idealism in international relations
4990:International relations (1814–1919)
4951:(1906) by Lieutenant Colonel Yoda,
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3650:, "The living will envy the dead".
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2704:International maritime signal flags
2458:destroy rail lines to hinder their
2420:but still possible, in the future.
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4902:"The Return of Industrial Warfare"
4858:Bailey, Thomas and David Kennedy:
3989:First use of airplanes in combat.
3600:intercontinental ballistic missile
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3498:intercontinental ballistic missile
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3181:Some 80 Japanese Type D ("Koryu")
3116:Between the world wars, the first
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129:bombers under construction during
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7951:Warfare of the late modern period
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3154:Two days after Pearl Harbor, the
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4718:Largest naval battle in history
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3607:submarine-based nuclear missile
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4817:Technology during World War II
3675:Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
3331:Some theorists, most famously
3234:unrestricted submarine warfare
1:
7956:19th-century military history
5360:Kronstadt–Toulon naval visits
5314:1917 Franco-Russian agreement
5304:Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
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4812:Technology during World War I
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3630:By the end of the 1950s, the
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3128:, launched in December 1917.
2559:term referring to the use of
5220:Second Industrial Revolution
5094:League of the Three Emperors
4028:First Battle of the Atlantic
3644:Mutually Assured Destruction
3583:(and to a lesser extent the
3034:In 1906 the British warship
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2604:American Expeditionary Force
2567:of military assets, such as
2402:Compulsory Military Training
2261:(and again in his 1935 book
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2211:infantry weapons capable of
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7391:Operational manoeuvre group
5250:Treaty of Versailles (1871)
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4287:against a military target.
4124:fixed fortification warfare
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3556:US test launch of a German
3534:tactics and applied use of
3456:. It was also important in
3412:command and control centers
3402:carrying large payloads of
3263:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
3027:in the years prior to WWI.
2807:piece in action during the
2513:armoured personnel carriers
2410:Conscription Crisis of 1944
2386:Conscription Crisis of 1917
1583:Military–industrial complex
1062:Operational manoeuvre group
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7824:Peace and conflict studies
7713:Infantry fighting vehicles
6252:Front; Russian land forces
5299:Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
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3998:First Battle of the Marne
3653:During the Cold War, the
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3447:, using large numbers of
3400:heavy four-engine bombers
2905:transport troops by air.
2672:Semaphore (communication)
2169:, through the process of
1647:Loss-of-strength gradient
504:Combat information center
7794:Lists of wars by country
7236:List of military tactics
6354:Self-propelled artillery
6242:Special units by nation:
5685:Protocols and structure:
5411:Venezuela Naval Blockade
5082:Anglo-Russian Convention
4505:Decisive battle between
4154:First successful use of
4047:First major campaign of
3879:First example of modern
3784:First Battle of Bull Run
3363:with aerial bombs. (See
3343:. Douhet also argued in
2866:Temporary fortifications
2583:, in order to enhance a
2325:William Tecumseh Sherman
2153:, which saw the rise of
2149:to the beginning of the
1965:Military science fiction
1450:Technology and equipment
871:List of military tactics
7891:International relations
7884:Crimes against humanity
6531:Other infantry weapons:
6247:Battle Fleet; U.S. Navy
5818:Functional specialties:
5416:Alaska boundary dispute
5089:Anglo-Japanese Alliance
5072:Franco-Russian Alliance
4743:Unconditional surrender
4436:Battle of the Coral Sea
3814:Battle of Hampton Roads
3081:Washington Naval Treaty
2642:Military communications
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2296:. Modern concepts like
2198:wireless communications
2033:Wartime sexual violence
1789:Full-spectrum dominance
1600:Supply-chain management
7859:Conscientious objector
5967:Special reconnaissance
5707:Awards and decorations
5335:Unification of Germany
5282:Taft–Katsura agreement
4953:Imperial Japanese Army
4156:massed tanks in combat
4060:Second Battle of Ypres
3805:play a decisive role.
3801:First battle in which
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3514:With the invention of
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1945:Awards and decorations
1918:Peace through strength
1893:Low-intensity conflict
1527:Conscientious objector
1400:Area of responsibility
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6879:Torpedo Data Computer
6869:Ship gun fire-control
5421:First Moroccan Crisis
5135:Spread of nationalism
5099:Eight-Nation Alliance
4561:Battle of Guadalcanal
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2284:and required greater
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2147:Industrial Revolution
537:Torpedo data computer
527:Ship gun fire-control
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7740:Specific modern wars
7688:Vehicles and weapons
7613:Military occupations
6212:Carrier strike group
5426:Algeciras Conference
5406:Annexation of Hawaii
5345:Great Eastern Crisis
5340:Unification of Italy
5330:Formation of Romania
5147:French–German enmity
4860:The American Pageant
4828:Unrestricted Warfare
4687:Battle of Leyte Gulf
4518:Battle of Stalingrad
4393:Operation Barbarossa
3892:Spanish–American War
3758:Austro-Sardinian War
3528:conventional weapons
3240:. In the 1950s the
3151:the following year.
2581:strategic airlifters
2063:Military occupations
1898:Military engineering
1800:Unrestricted Warfare
1657:Force multiplication
555:Military manoeuvrers
58:"Industrial warfare"
43:improve this article
7903:Peace organizations
7366:Operations research
6844:Director (military)
6834:Fire-control system
5745:Command and control
5491:Philippine–American
5476:First Sino-Japanese
5309:Racconigi agreement
5255:Treaty of Frankfurt
5215:Great Rapprochement
5169:Scramble for Africa
4283:First major use of
4251:Battle of El Mazuco
4238:First major use of
4206:Bombing of Guernica
3851:Siege of Petersburg
3726:Siege of Sevastopol
3691:Russo-Ukrainian War
3520:global annihilation
3481:in what became the
3007:Alfred Thayer Mahan
2948:by the Confederate
2942:The sinking of the
2809:Battle of Gallipoli
2517:amphibious vehicles
2490:Mechanized infantry
2141:is a period in the
1749:Penal military unit
1734:Rules of engagement
1410:Command and control
1035:Operations research
499:Director (military)
489:Fire-control system
259:Command and control
140:Part of a series on
7961:Military economics
7361:Military operation
7328:Tactical objective
6839:Fire-control radar
6755:Military equipment
6697:Anti-ship missiles
6049:Electronic-warfare
5912:Military maneuvers
5897:Combat occupations
5673:Commanding officer
5633:Occupational roles
5350:Congress of Berlin
5267:Reinsurance Treaty
5245:Congress of Vienna
5225:Industrial warfare
5191:Scramble for China
4931:2005-11-28 at the
4017:motorised infantry
3929:Battle of Tsushima
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3532:asymmetric warfare
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3458:amphibious warfare
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3061:Russo-Japanese War
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2999:American Civil War
2988:battle of the CSS
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2667:Message precedence
2573:military personnel
2557:military logistics
2468:American Civil War
2466:'s men during the
2453:Motorised infantry
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2370:Napoleon Bonaparte
2350:
2313:American Civil War
2213:high rates of fire
2143:history of warfare
2139:Industrial warfare
1858:Counter-insurgency
1779:Command of the sea
1724:Jewish laws on war
1699:Geneva Conventions
1235:Divide and conquer
1030:Military operation
995:Tactical objective
494:Fire-control radar
471:Electronic-warfare
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7864:Anti-war movement
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7799:Conflicts by time
7424:Counter-offensive
7414:Military campaign
7333:Target saturation
7283:Counterinsurgency
6932:International law
6874:Gun data computer
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6080:Armies by country
6044:Close air support
6009:Aircraft carriers
5678:Executive officer
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5530:Albanian Revolts
5387:German Naval Laws
5371:Naval arms races
5355:Berlin Conference
5287:Hague Conventions
4754:Material aspects:
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4639:Normandy Invasion
4507:aircraft carriers
4335:Battle of Taranto
4296:Battle of Britain
4135:Battle of Cambrai
4049:submarine warfare
3970:Italo-Turkish War
3745:First use of the
3648:Nikita Khrushchev
3561:ballistic missile
3504:Post-World War II
3483:Battle of Britain
3475:Strategic bombing
3372:strategic bombing
3341:strategic bombing
3271:Italo-Turkish War
3185:in a dry dock at
3183:midget submarines
3145:Battle of Taranto
3118:aircraft carriers
3096:Aircraft carriers
3077:Battle of Jutland
2176:The era featured
2171:industrialization
2136:
2135:
2028:Horses in warfare
1975:Anti-war movement
1878:Gunboat diplomacy
1868:Disaster response
1816:Philosophy of war
1811:Principles of war
1784:Deterrence theory
1729:Right of conquest
1652:Lanchester's laws
1420:Principles of war
1110:Counter-offensive
1095:Military campaign
1000:Target saturation
923:Counterinsurgency
532:Gun data computer
466:Close air support
428:Aircraft carriers
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7434:Defence in depth
7288:Defeat in detail
6984:Armoured warfare
6922:Military science
6712:Close-in weapons
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3019:, as opposed to
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7535:Conscription
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7201:Subterranean
7089:Radiological
7029:Conventional
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6957:Early modern
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6575:Combat knife
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6482:Machine guns
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6070:Organization
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5977:Naval units:
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5972:Signal corps
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5902:Development:
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5870:Border guard
5833:Intelligence
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5756:Armed Forces
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4733:Mobilization
4626:Soviet Union
4544:Soviet Union
4419:Soviet Union
3684:
3681:21st century
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