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…Human History?.

"Over the course of history, warfare has changed quite a bit. But throughout time, a nation's military power determines its standing in the world. Mao Zedong put it concisely when he said, "power grows out of the barrel of a gun." If we look back through the ages, some common themes emerge among the most powerful militaries in history. The role of technology and manpower creates a balance that may surprise you…"
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Armand

I was unaware that the phalanx was a mounted formation or that the German army in WW2 was called the"Wehrmacht", invented the entire concept of the blitzkrieg, and "came out of nowhere". In general, this looks like the author did a cut-and-paste from "Armies for Dummies".

LT

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Armand

Yeah, I never knew the phalanx was a corps of mounted troops, imagine my surprise!

Didn't the author also contradict himself when stating that the Germans "invented" Blitzkrieg when just a couple sentences before he said the Ottomans used a form of blitzkrieg?

Well, just call me a nit-picker.

The most powerful army in history is The Salvation Army… ;-)

Number 7, The USA. The use of the word 'army' appears to mean different things depending on the sentence being read.

But apparently the USA doesn't have a standing army. So I wonder what all those guys in South Korea, Mid-East, Western Europe etc are doing? But perhaps I'm being over critical.

Maybe they are sitting down instead….

Written by an English-is-my-second-language 12 year old for I-know-nothing-about-history 12 year olds.

I was scrolling down to the bottom. Below the US it listed "Flight Attendants."

It was the start of another article, but that one took me by surprise.