The French Army and the Military Revolution of the First World War Politique étrangère, Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2014

In 1914 the firepower of modern weaponry produced a massacre. To limit losses, the warring parties dug themselves into trenches. The French army was forced to innovate.

Infantry and artillery underwent major transformations. Military doctrine evolved to integrate new technologies – tanks and aircraft in particular – into tactical planning. By 1918 the French army, more powerful and more mobile than its opponent, eventually defeated Germany.

Published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2014

Keywords

air power artillery French Army Great War Military capacity tactics France

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