UN SECOL DE LA CAMPANIA MILITARĂ DIN 1916. ÎNVĂȚĂMINTE DE ORDIN TACTIC
A CENTURY SINCE THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN OF 1916. TACTICAL LESSONS LEARNED

Summary/Abstract: The military campaign of 1916 displayed a legendary heroism of the Romanian soldiers, who fought admirably, by courage and sacrifice spirit succeeding in balancing for the poor endowment with military equipment and the insufficient training. Belligerents’ tactics brought forward the importance of automatic fire and of a flexible leadership, within the equation of modern confrontation. The machineguns changed the physiognomy of warfare, and Romanian troops suffered heavily due to their poor endownment. The insufficient training and a lack of competencies needed for wagging a modern conflict contributed to a rigid tactical approach in some situations, and to a difficult coooperation among military specialities. This campaign showed the poor implementation of lessons learned during the war (1914-1916) and the inadequate adaptation of units’ tactics in relation to the new realities of the battlefield. The final results urged the necessity of an essential transformation of Romanian forces, affecting their equipment/endownment, training and employment, transformation which took place during the first half of 1917.

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