Paul Flyod I have a theory and I can't prove it but basically it's because the German's lost and usually the loser's much more willing to adapt and break the system and go whole hog with something that's new and untested because they have lost as opposed to the winner who I would argue tends to stay entrenched with the old ways, for the lack of a better term. To this day, I'm a little aggrieved, that you know it was a couple of British officers who kind of wrote the first book of combined arms operations and they were ignored by the British War Ministry and then the German's applied that principle to great effect in the opening stages of WWII. All of that sort of combined at the same time to actually advance the war.īen Sheen The most interesting thing about the nascent technologies that really did emerge throughout WWI, the introduction of armor, aviation, radio communications was how they continued to mature in the inter-war years and then really come to fruition in WWII. You saw accorded artillery strikes with armor, and you also started to see light machine guns that could be mobile with infantry, so they actually could respond to heavy defensive fortifications. You saw the development of infantry tactics to deal with and actually fire and maneuver at a smaller level.
Using all these different types of weaponry and systems in conjunction with each other you start to see that. We sort of see the prototype of combined arms actually be developed at this point. The stalemate was broken at some point, so like there was a reason there was a conclusion to that war in a relatively timely fashion, all considering. We can start from there and just progress in that direction going forward. Because there is going to be development of weaponry, there is going to be development of tactics, so even in a conflict like WWI which is often thought of as a stalemate, there's been tremendous development and of course, Ben, that's where the Brits came up with the tank and various other technological developments. Artillery tactics, particularly, were developing in massive scale and that sets the really in fast forward in going to the next hundred years, just to understand that in the crucible of conflict there is going to be change. One of the important aspects of WWI there that's forgotten is that there's actually been tremendous evolution in warfare in WWI. One of the things that's not commonly understood, a perception of WWI is often focused on the fact that the defense had the advantage and that's why we had these massive numbers of futile attacks that led to massive casualties because it took a long time for the generals to know what they're doing so to change the track.
Omar Lamrani I would start this with going to WWI in just kind of a preface to this conversation, because that's the really big, worldwide conflict that was a massive industrial case. He's done an excellent job of sort of narrating this by time blocks, so Omar, why don't you tick that off. Paul Flyod I should just also we should tack on the fact that we should also since we are Stratfor looking forward as well with where we think it's going. Paul, where's a good place to start on this? Let's look at some of the major developments by period and by technology and let's look at some of the ways in which the face of warfare has changed over the last you know 60, 70 years. Now obviously that is a huge topic and we won't be able to cover absolutely all the angles here but I figure let's have some fun with it.
Paul Flyod Thanks for having us.īen Sheen We're here to talk about the evolution of warfare, post WWII. Omar, Paul, thank you so much for joining me in the studio today. Stratfor's Senior Military Analyst, Omar Lamrani and Military Analyst and Director of Analyst Operations Paul Floyd, join us to discuss the shifts in technology and tactics, as well as where current strategic thinking about how nations wage war is leading us next. I'm your host, Ben Sheen and in this episode of the podcast we delve into the evolution of war. Welcome to the Stratfor Podcast focused on geopolitics and world affairs from. Almost at the same level as a nuclear war because we are so dependent on these space constellations we will lose basically all the advantages that we currently rely on for a high-tech, modern economic world.īen Sheen War continues to evolve, but not always in the ways that many of us think. Omar Lamrani It would be catastrophic for humanity as a whole if we have a massive war in space. Individual, team, and enterprise memberships are available at /subscribe. This podcast if being brought to you by Stratfor Worldview, the world's leading geopolitical intelligence platform. Evan Rees Hello I'm Evan Rees, an Asia Pacific Analyst at Stratfor.
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