Beginning of Time

Most of us have heard of the story of Lucifer, and his downfall with the battle with God on High, but this is the advent of battle, war coming from the divine realms into the human realm.

War -a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. Sun Tzu Said,” War destroys hundreds of families. out of every ten families, war leaves only seven, it empties the government’s warehouses”. Since War has so many horrid factors in it, the general populace despises it. Sadly, war is the most important skill in the nation, when two factions disagree, a conflict arouse and if it is not politically fought out, arms is necessary to subdue the other faction. Therefore, as Clausewitz said,” War is an extension of politics”. A mere disagreement that has no other option but to spill blood in the battlefields. We all now believe in the importance of war,now you must be wondering, so, how did they make the other person agree to them?, This is the study we will pry into.

Ancient Warfare

The Sumerian Phalanx is arguably the oldest form of formation. Composed of heavy infantry as shown on a stele of the ancients, the more mass the phalanx had, the more power. when two phalanxes clashed into each other, whoever held up the longest won, because when the center fell, or one of the flanks, the whole phalanx fell apart. Also, the phalanx was very vulnerable to flanking maneuvers from cavalry. Most western battles were fought this way. In the East, rapid troop deployments and sieges were most common, and the crossbowman under the emperor Qin Shi-huang Dominated the battlefield as swarms of arrows rained down on enemies. Since the Cavalrymen still had no stirrups, it was a predominate scouting force.

Medieval Warfare

Warfare during this era manifested in Europe as predominately castle and siege warfare, but also the use of heavy cavalry to subdue the enemy force, Chivalry emerged during this period, although kings and noblemen loved the concept of the knight in shining armor, most disciplined steady infantry could take down the heavy armored knights if they were in a phalanx. Also, artillery emerged in this era as it was becoming more and more necessary to knock down fortifications that were ever improving. In the East, the Mongols nomads developed horse-cavalry, but this was no ordinary horse-cavalry, the Mongols spent most of their entire lives dedicated to horseback riding and archery. Aside from that, they also used scimitars and lances, at their peak, the Mongols conquered over 1/12th of the Earth’s landmass.

Gunpowder Age of Warfare

As gunpowder from the China was shown to Europeans in the Crusades, the Kings of Europe desired it, for the booming sound of a cannon was very psychologically appealing, and as time went on, the artillery power of the Cannon was improved greatly, and the once dominate castles were now obsolete. The Pentagonal fort now took it’s place.The role of Plate armor was first unchanged, but as muskets and rifles gained more power and accuracy, the plate armor was now obsolete, flexibility, not bulk was now the king of the field. Feudalism began to teeter on the brinks as Knights became obsolete. In the East, very little change in warfare was observed.

Industrial Age

The Industrial Age saw many changes in logistics, tactics, and armies, Mass conscription arose as feudalism broke to form nation-states, the ideas of the Enlightenment paved way for Universal Male Suffrage, also, for the first time in history, man was able to fly, a dream at last fulfilled. Also, the rifled barrels and minnie ball ammunition caused great casualties. The most fortified of all position in the Industrial Age was the trench, it gave the defenders maximum protection as attackers had to expose all sides of them to reach the other persons’ trench, but in the Great War, Tanks made this type of static fortification useless, the new tank was no so much a fearsome attack machine, but the psychological effect it had on the German soldiers in WW1 was devastating, a British armored brigade smashed through 6 miles of enemy line in one day, a feat that would have taken the infantry more than 6 months to accomplish. The age of mass infantry was over, giving way to mechanized warfare and information warfare. Total Warfare also became common in this era.

Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare is one of the most terrifying warfare man has ever seen, ideas from the total war of the industrial age, coupled with weapons of mass destruction, made the extinction of mankind very possible. Although most battles are now fought for information and politically, we should always remember that, whatever the differences we have, we are all still part of humankind. This should bind us together to not annihilate others, but only to subdue others. Total Warfare with Nuclear Weapons is the same as Self-Destruction. Let us hope that this does not happen in our lifetimes.