Major Wars: Strategy, Technology, and Mechanics of Conflict
A definitive study of military strategy, tactical doctrine, weapons technology, and logistical mechanics across 3,000 years of global conflict.
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MAJOR WARS · FACT
Chariot Warfare at the Battle of Kadesh
The 1274 BC Battle of Kadesh between Egypt and the Hittites deployed over 5,000 chariots, contrasting light Egyptian archer platforms with heavy Hittite shock lancers.
Ten of its 797 cards, from the same pack file the app reads.
13 lessons.
Each lesson has a study guide to read and objectives you can test yourself on. Its cards and games show up in your feed.
- 01
Bronze to Classical Era: Phalanxes, Triremes, and Siegecraft
Bronze Age Chariots & Classical Greek Phalanx Tactics · The Sicilian Disaster & Macedonian Combined Arms
- 02
The Punic Wars & Roman Legionary Doctrine
Punic Wars & Hannibalic Operational Maneuver · The Roman Cohortal System & Siege Engineering
- 03
Ancient East Asian Warfare & the Art of Strategy
Warring States Innovations & Sun Tzu's Strategic Principles · Three Kingdoms Logistics & East Asian Combined Arms
- 04
The Steppe Nomads, Mongol Conquests, and Medieval Siegecraft
Mongol Operational Mobility & Steppe Warfare · Crusader Fortifications, Longbows, & Gunpowder Sieges
- 05
The Gunpowder Revolution, Pike-and-Shot, & Vauban Fortifications
Pike-and-Shot Formations & the Gunpowder Revolution · Vauban's Siege Science & Early Modern Grand Strategy
- 06
The Age of Sail, Global 18th-Century Warfare, & Frederician Tactics
Frederician Maneuver & Global 18th-Century Warfare · The Line of Battle & Nelsonian Naval Supremacy
- 07
The Napoleonic Wars & the Birth of Modern Operational Art
The Napoleonic Operational System & Grand Maneuver · Operational Culmination & Clausewitzian Theory
- 08
The Industrialization of War: Railroads, Rifling, and Trench Lines (1853–1871)
The Crimean & American Civil Wars: Industrial Lethality · Petersburg Trenches & the Prussian Wars of Unification
- 09
World War I: The Machine Gun, Industrial Attrition, and Tactical Breakthrough
The Deadlock of Industrial Trench Warfare & Attrition · Tactical Innovations & the Return of Operational Maneuver
- 10
World War II: Blitzkrieg, Deep Battle, & the Eastern Front
Blitzkrieg Mechanics & the Crucible of Stalingrad · Deep Battle Doctrine & Soviet Industrial Counter-Offensives
- 11
World War II: Carrier Aviation, Amphibious Warfare, & the Bomb
Carrier Aviation, Submarine War, & Pacific Island Assault · Strategic Bombing, Normandy, & the Nuclear Dawn
- 12
The Cold War, Asymmetric Warfare, & Revolutionary Insurgency
Korean Maneuver, Jet Aviation, & Maoist Insurgency · Helicopter Cavalry, Subterranean Trails, & Nuclear Triad
- 13
The Revolution in Military Affairs, Precision Munitions, & Modern Hybrid Warfare
AirLand Battle, Stealth, & the Gulf War Precision Shock · Hybrid Warfare, Drone Swarms, & the Algorithmic Future
What you'll be able to do 26 objectives, from the pack's lessons
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Bronze Age Chariots & Classical Greek Phalanx Tactics.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in The Sicilian Disaster & Macedonian Combined Arms.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Punic Wars & Hannibalic Operational Maneuver.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in The Roman Cohortal System & Siege Engineering.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Warring States Innovations & Sun Tzu's Strategic Principles.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Three Kingdoms Logistics & East Asian Combined Arms.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Mongol Operational Mobility & Steppe Warfare.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Crusader Fortifications, Longbows, & Gunpowder Sieges.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Pike-and-Shot Formations & the Gunpowder Revolution.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Vauban's Siege Science & Early Modern Grand Strategy.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Frederician Maneuver & Global 18th-Century Warfare.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in The Line of Battle & Nelsonian Naval Supremacy.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in The Napoleonic Operational System & Grand Maneuver.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Operational Culmination & Clausewitzian Theory.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in The Crimean & American Civil Wars: Industrial Lethality.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Petersburg Trenches & the Prussian Wars of Unification.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in The Deadlock of Industrial Trench Warfare & Attrition.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Tactical Innovations & the Return of Operational Maneuver.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Blitzkrieg Mechanics & the Crucible of Stalingrad.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Deep Battle Doctrine & Soviet Industrial Counter-Offensives.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Carrier Aviation, Submarine War, & Pacific Island Assault.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Strategic Bombing, Normandy, & the Nuclear Dawn.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in Korean Maneuver, Jet Aviation, & Maoist Insurgency.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Helicopter Cavalry, Subterranean Trails, & Nuclear Triad.
- Analyze core operational doctrine and tactical innovations in AirLand Battle, Stealth, & the Gulf War Precision Shock.
- Evaluate institutional, technological, and strategic turning points in Hybrid Warfare, Drone Swarms, & the Algorithmic Future.
- Cards
- 797
- Lessons
- 13
- Version
- 1.0.5
- Language
- English
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