military revolution

BELOW Tapestry depicting the Battle of Pavia in northern Italy in 1525. On the left, German Landsknechts clash with Swiss pikemen. On the right, a formidable field fortification bristles with cannon.

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Renaissance warfare: a military revolution

Neil Faulkner analyses the changing nature of warfare in early 16th-century Europe.

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Airpower comes of Age, 1917-1918

In the last year of WWI, airpower became a major factor – so much so that the British turned their air contingents, previously treated as adjuncts of the Army or the Navy into a unified RAF. Was the diversion of resources worth it?