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GCSE History · key term
The methods used to position and employ troops during a battle.
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Paper 1
The methods used to position and employ troops and weapons during a battle.
Revise: New Weaponry, Tactics and the Decline of the KnightThese changes affected combat, the actual fighting; tactics, the methods used in battle; and strategy, the overall planning of a campaign. A weapon mattered not simply because it could kill, but because commanders could use its strengths to change how they fought.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The deployment and movement of troops during fighting to achieve a military objective.
Revise: Battle Tactics and Siege WarfareTactics are the decisions about deployment and movement made during fighting.
The methods used to move and fight troops in a particular engagement, such as surprise attacks, deception and attacks from the rear.
The deployment and movement of troops to achieve an immediate military objective, especially during a battle.
The methods used to fight a battle or carry out a particular military operation.
The methods used to deploy and manoeuvre troops during a battle.
Explain a chain of effects: a weapon’s capability changed a tactic, which affected the outcome of combat. For example, arrows opened gaps in schiltrons, allowing cavalry to charge through.
Explain why a tactic mattered: identify the problem, describe Alexander’s response and connect it to the outcome.
Distinguish tactics, such as outflanking an enemy during battle, from strategy, such as invading Africa to force Hannibal out of Italy.
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