The Seasonal Rhythm of Warff

Mediaeval armies tend to be seasonabl campaigners, but there are some that pull off year round campaigns. The introduction of firearms changes a lot in european warfare. A spain goes bankrupt trying to pay its armies seven times in the 15 hundreds. And then the railroad removes t logistic constraint. And that is where you get world war one. You suddenly have armies so large that the entire frontage from the channel to the mediterranean with the exception of the swiss alps, can be filled with troops. They have these tremendously ctive weapons. There's no flank any more - they're only half fit for animals. It turns out that the germans hit the point