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Pre-war Military Planning | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)

@inproceedings{Seligmann2019PrewarMP,
  title={Pre-war Military Planning | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)},
  author={Matthew S. Seligmann},
  year={2019}
}
  • Matthew S. Seligmann
  • Published 2019
    • Military operations have always required considerable prior preparation. Assembling, clothing, training, feeding, equipping, and transporting a large fighting force, potentially across an extended period, cannot simply be improvised. Thus, over time, as armies and navies have expanded in scope and scale, so the logistical, cartographic, and other vital ancillary services that facilitate their operations have developed accordingly, becoming increasingly sophisticated in response to the expanding… CONTINUE READING
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