War in a Revolutionary Age

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War in a Revolutionary Age

• 8802 Lesson 3

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Objectives

• Explain the impact of nationalism
• Understand the change in the objectives of war
• Assess the legacy of the Napoleonic Era

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The Peace of 1763

• Led to military reforms
• Gribeauval artillery
• De Broglie de Choiseul the division
• De Guibert
• Citizen army
• War of Movement

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Wars of the French Revolution

• War of the First Coalition
• Levee en masse
• National mobilization
• Brought together
• Military innovations of 17th 18th Century
• Tactical innovations of the late 18th Century

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The Late 18th Century

• Tactical innovations
• Autonomous division
• Skirmishers
• Flexible use of artillery
• Column of attack
• Enabled by the
• Flintlock musket
• Bayonet

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A turning point

• Pre-revolution
• Frederick the Great
• Forecasted by Guibert
• Since the revolution
• Napoleon

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Napoleon

• An opportunist
• Social changes
• Military innovations
• Genius
• Art of command
• Good leadership
• Slow in deliberation, quick in execution
• Drive, ambition, firmness.

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French Empire, 1805-1812
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Europe, 1811
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Issues for Consideration

• Levee en masse
• French mobility
• Corps Divisional Organization
• Employment of forces
• Logistical Support
• Uniqueness of Napoleonic Warfare
• Napoleon at War

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Other Considerations

• Head of state and Commander
• Why successful for so long?
• Impact
• Analysis

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Points to remember

• Lesson 2
• Mil Rev of Pre-Nap
• Characteristics
• Treaty of Westphalia
• Effects
• Age of Limited Warfare
• Characteristics

• Lesson 3
• Levee en masse
• Climatic battle
• Achieving political goals

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Next Week

• Classical Theorists II Clausewitz

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Remember

• Tracers work both ways.