War interests me because of its different battle formations, tactics, weapons, types of troop divisions. It would be interesting to discuss these topics. War started in the very beginning era of man. Individual tribes wanted land and resources, and the way to get them seemed to be by hurting someone else. The concept of pooling resources and knowledge arrived on the scene later. In the meantime, war became very popular (so to speak) between feuding tribes. Perhaps there were less reasons for making war as man and societies evolved, but by the Medievil era war had become just another accepted part of life. Man started making more advanced weapons, and also started to plan more tactically in their military manouvres. There are many similarities between war during the Medievil era and this century’s World Wars I and II. Medieval weapons for close combat such as the mace, club (spiked or not), sword and other arms were still in use during the 20th century world wars when attacking enemy trench lines. By using these weapons men savagely killed each other face to face.
During the world wars newer technologies were discovered, like the tank and airplane. Newer technologies make it possible for weapons to be used without getting close to the enemy. In the most modern warfare all that remains in common with Medievil wars is the killing other living things. The element of knowing your enemy has been removed from the combat equation. Although knowing your enemy still helps commanders in their decisions, because you know when they will want to fight, what they know, etc.. During WW2 a Nazi commander was in control of Paris, and he knew the Allies would be coming to take the city, he thought Paris was so beautiful that he surrendered without a fight, to preserve the city