Guerrilla Warfare The term guerrilla (Spanish‚ "little war") originated in the early 19th century during the Peninsular war when‚ after the defeat of Spain’s regular forces‚ Spanish irregulars and civilians rose up against the French occupying forces. The practice of guerrilla warfare‚ however‚ dates from antiquity; for example‚ the Bible tells of the Israelite conquest of Canaan‚ led by Joshua‚ involving harassment and ambush of the enemy. Later Jewish resistance to foreign rule was expressed
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December 5‚ 2013 Unconventional & Asymmetrical Warfare Military Strategy Unconventional & Asymmetrical Warfare In On War‚ Carl von Clausewitz states‚ “Every age has its own kind of war‚ its own limiting conditions‚ and its own peculiar preconceptions.” It can be argued that the end of the Cold War reduced the world’s superpowers from two to one‚ leaving the US without any actual military competition. However‚ this
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World War I occurred in the years 1914-1918. The following countries were involved in Trench Warfare; Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. Trench warfare was a common form of battle on the Western Front during World War 1. Trench warfare is a military operation in which the soldiers fight from protected ditches. At the beginning of August 1914‚ soldiers had a positive attitude going off to war. They thought they were going to have a fun adventure. However‚ everything did not go as they planned. There
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Scandinavian R5B The role and status of women in Viking Age With the general growth of feminist work in many academic fields‚ it is hardly surprising that the research on the role and status of women in Viking age has attracted considerable attention in recent years. There is a substantial amount of research on this and the expanding corpus of research addresses itself to all of the major dimensions of Viking women ’s lives. While some research has focused on evidence from literature‚ such as sagas
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Many of the early Vikings did not venture far from their ancestral homes‚ along the coasts of Denmark‚ Sweden and Norway. The Vikings were a seafaring people from the late eighth to early 11th century who established a name for themselves as traders‚ explorers and warriors. They began to progress further into Europe in the late 700s A.D‚ and successfully colonized settlements in England‚ France‚ Russia and Iceland due to their mastery of ships and nautical and astrological knowledge. They also established
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Everything is fair in war except surrender because surrender is NO option. Fear is the right policy for war. Asymmetric warfare: Warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources‚ and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics‚ as terrorism‚ to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy. The “Asymmetric warfare” is a term in our modern military lexicon that has recently enjoyed a lot of play in military and political discourse. It and the related term
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The Warfare and Strategy of World War One: Birth of Modern Warfare The European summer 1914 was a very productive one before the onset of World War One. International exchange and co-operation fueled the belief that war was impossible to come. In 1910 the author of The Great Illusion‚ Norman Angell‚ demonstrated that the breaking of international credit caused by war would either deter its outbreak or bring it to a quick close (the first world war‚ ebook location 272). However‚ the assassination
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them. Information Warfare has become a massly used tactic by individuals as well as companies looking out for their own survival‚ in a world of commerce‚ and politics. Information Warfare is an innovative and dangerous new way to harm your opponents. When one thinks of warfare the mind is usually bombarded by thoughts of M16’s‚ grenades‚ and hand to hand combat. In this new era of technology that we are living in warfare has come to mean so much more. Information warfare is the use of any
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massive impact on governments and civilians alike. It was also during this time that many advancements were emerging into the world. The United States of America made many technological advancements to their weaponry‚ armed forces‚ and the types of warfare crucial to the allied victory in World War II. The advancements to weaponry in America during the 1930’s to 1940’s greatly influenced the tides of battle for the allies. The firearms of the time were becoming faster‚ increased accuracy‚ and more
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Calculus in Warfare Introduction Throughout the all of human history‚ one aspect truly stands out as definitive of human political interaction: war. From the story of Abraham militantly freeing his nephew Lot from the hands of a coalition of Mesopotamian kings to modern nuclear war threats between North Korea and the West‚ war has ever been one of the defining characteristics of human society and government. Furthermore‚ each society has specific ideas about war and how to effectively strategize
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