Lessons Learned From The Use Of The Machine Gun During The Russo Japanese War

Author : LCDR Daniel J. Kenda
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896686
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons Learned From The Use Of The Machine Gun During The Russo-Japanese War written by LCDR Daniel J. Kenda and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Richard Gatling invented the world’s first practical machine gun in 1862. Between that weapon and subsequent improved designs, the world’s armies had roughly 50 years to adopt the machine gun and perfect its employment before it helped wreak the carnage of World War I. However, for some reason or combination of reasons, none of the armies of the day saw fit to do so. This thesis explores the potential explanations behind this phenomenon by using the Russo-Japanese War as a case study. The Russo-Japanese War should have demonstrated to the world how the machine gun fundamentally altered the conduct of land warfare, especially since the major world powers all sent military observers to report on the war’s events. This thesis will show, however, that because of a complex combination of the prevalent military tactical culture, bureaucratic pragmatism and logistical concerns, the five major protagonist armies of World War I generally failed to apply the lessons they learned about machine-gun employment from the Russo-Japanese War and as a result were completely surprised by the weapon’s impact on the battlefield ten years later.

Author : Major James D. Sisemore
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786256282
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Russo-Japanese War, Lessons Not Learned written by Major James D. Sisemore and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characterized by some authors as a rehearsal for the First World War, the Russo-Japanese War was arguably the world’s first modern war. During this war, the lethality of weapons on the 20th Century battlefield was clearly demonstrated. Recording the events of the Russo-Japanese War were military and civilian observers from every major power of the time. These observers wrote voluminous accounts of the war that clearly illustrated this new battlefield destructiveness. The research question of this thesis is what tactical lessons were available to the observer nations of the Russo-Japanese War that were not used in their preparations for World War I. This paper will look at both observer accounts of the war and professional journal articles written soon after the war to consider this question. To answer this question, the stationary Siege of Port Arthur and the maneuver Battle of Mukden are used as representative battles of this war. Reports from these two battles clearly demonstrate the lethality of modern warfare and foreshadow the combined effects of hand grenades, mortars, machineguns, and field artillery in World War I.

Author : Brent L. Sterling
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647120608
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Other People's Wars written by Brent L. Sterling and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case studies explore how to improve military adaptation and preparedness in peacetime by investigating foreign wars

Author : José Vicente Herrero Pérez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331954747X
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spanish Military and Warfare from 1899 to the Civil War written by José Vicente Herrero Pérez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the attitudes of the Spanish army officer corps towards the evolution of warfare during the early decades of the twentieth century, and their influence on the armies of the Spanish Civil War. It examines how the Spanish military coped with technological innovations such as the machine gun and the tank, how it adapted the army ́s battlefield doctrine to changes in warfare before the Civil War, and the influence of this doctrine on the outcome of the conflict. Of the different armed forces that fought in the Spanish Civil War, it is paradoxically the Spanish army that remains most forgotten - especially its military doctrine. Scholarship on the Spanish military in this period focuses on its politics, ideology and institutional reforms, touching upon 'hard' professional issues only superficially, if at all. Based on original research and using largely unstudied Spanish primary sources, this book fills a major scholarly gap in the history of the Spanish army and the Spanish Civil War.

Author : Lieutenant Commander Glen T. Cullen
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782897836
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preparing For Battle: Learning Lessons In The US Army During World War I written by Lieutenant Commander Glen T. Cullen and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines how well the United States Army of World War I prepared for battle by learning the lessons of modern combat from other nations engaged in war. Armies prepare for war during peace. However, the true validation of doctrine weapons, organization, and training developed in peacetime is war. Hostilities between the Allied and Central Powers raged for three years before the Unites States declared war. This period provided the US Army a unique opportunity to observe how technologies and techniques were effectively employed by French, British, and German commanders. The question this thesis attempts to answer is: How well did the United States Army apply the experiences of the belligerent nations from 1914 to 1917 in preparing the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) for combat in the European Theater? The thesis starts with a discussion of pre-war Army developments from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 through the last US military action before the declaration of war, the Punitive Expedition to Mexico. The evolution of warfare through French, British, and German experience is described followed by a discussion of the observations of modern warfare by military professionals and how US Army doctrinal publications and operations planning reflected these changes. The thesis then analyses US battlefield performance and influences upon the formation of US doctrine.

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Total Pages : 924 pages
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Download or read book Military Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Professional Journal of the United States Army written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Combined Arms Center (CAC) Research and Publication Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Index to selected publications of the Combined Arms Center.

Author : Franc̦ois Oscar de Negrier
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
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Download or read book Lessons of the Russo-Japanese War written by Franc̦ois Oscar de Negrier and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book Index to Current Military Literature ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: