Combat Tactics During World War I

WAR
By: Michael Najmulski

Historically, war has been the leading solution for solving conflicts globally. Though combat tactics have become increasingly more sophisticated over many centuries. The ability to affect and change the world through war stayed the same. All the while, the mentality of the public has become increasingly dissociative, and people have less interest on a large scare. From World War I until now, war has constantly evolved, and support has constantly fluctuated. During World War I, combat tactics were still being used that were developed during the Civil War. In the past, armies would line up in large formations of soldiers and face one another exchanging fire until one side either surrendered, fled the
It took soldiers so long to dig the trenches that advancing front lines moved at a snail’s pace. In one area, the losses from a battle could be in the numbers of 200,000 with the front lines only being shifted about half a mile. Although WWI was dubbed the war to end all wars, WWI provided the first of many things. When a new combat tactic is implemented, another must be created to counter. Because of trench warfare and how difficult it was to infiltrate enemy lines, the first tanks were created to help provide mobile cover for soldiers to traverse the battlefield. The first aircraft were developed into fighter aircraft to help keep scout planes from revealing friendly positions. The airplanes were not yet big enough to travel long distances so the first carriers were built to help minimize the amount of flight time needed for aircraft to reach their targets, as well as provide security on the trade routes. Although WWI had a very large death toll for every country involved, support for the United States Armed Forces by its people were not lacking. About 90 percent of the American population in some way showed support towards its Military fighting the war. With this rising patriotism from the people, many American’s volunteered for the service. Their number, however, were too small to build the large army needed to fight the war so on June 5, 1917, President
The type of terrain that our forces operated in were very dense jungle environments. The jungles were so thick most of the time our tanks couldn’t even support our soldiers. Artillery barrages and airstrikes were our main form of support in these areas. The enemy started to use booby traps to slow our troop movements, and they had a devastating effect, not just physically, but mentally as well. The ambush became the primary tactic used to start confrontations due to the fact that you had the ability to diminish the enemy force before the fight actually begins. The Vietnam War was supposed to be an easy war, where a sophisticated and ultra-wealthy super-power would have a few problems defeating a Third World nation that North Vietnam seemed to represent, this was not the case. The Vietnam War Lasted longer than ten years and this is what helped the decline of support from the American