Influence Of War Tactics During World War I

Thought history we have seen many different tactics used. Some might include the iconic Phalanx of the Romans. Others might make a point of America’s ambushes in the revolutionary war. As time went on we saw a drastic improvement of artillery along with tactics being used by many countries. With the arrival of the first world war all countries had to come up with different war tactics that would further their success. Some of the many tactics used included snipers as well as tank attacks.

The tactics in using snipers and tanks were similar in the way that they were both very methodical weapons. Whenever a country would use these weapons they had to do precise planning in order to execute the perfect attack. You couldn’t just go
British officer John Fuller had the duty of deploying the tanks. He used an extremely methodical tactic. It was that his army would wait for the terrain to be just right then they would attack the enemy with tanks along with other firearm. Snipers are quite similar to this because you have to be cautious of where you place them and when you use them. The Germans took it upon themselves to be methodical in their approach to the attack. Much like the tanks they had to wait till everything was just right then they would attack. The Germans would set up the snipers at dawn then wait all-day until the British soldiers came. When the British came the Germans would fly a kite with English writing on it and whoever dared to read it was shot in the head. Another way that these tactics were similar is that they were both used for big attacks. Whenever a country would implement these tactics they would have to do planning way ahead of time. Snipers and tanks weren’t just used on a regular basis. They were used for special attacks that had been planned ahead of time. Using these tactics was not the same
One Difference is that these tactics were used by different countries. The tactic of the sniper attacks were used by the Germans and the tactic of the Tank Attacks were used by the British. Oddly enough Both Britain and German were enemies in WWI and used these tactics on occasion against each other. Another Difference is that these tactics were implemented in different times. In 1914 (start of WWI) the Germans were the first country to implement Sniper attack tactics. As I mentioned they used this in a way that would revolutionize the way we use Snipers in the war. The tank attacks on the other hand weren’t used the the war until 1916. The main reason for this is because they hadn’t been invented yet. The British army were the first to implement the tank attack. It was quite literarily the most powerful ground force for the time. No one head seen such a massive machine that could move in such a way. Despite this both tactics worked for both countries extremely