Military strategy
What Military strategy means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Tactics centred on the defensive shield wall, where overlapping shields created a strong barrier, and the offensive wedge formation, designed to break enemy lines through concentrated force and rapid mobility.
Cortés exploited dissatisfaction among Aztec subjects to build crucial alliances, without which the small Spanish force could not have challenged the Aztec Empire.
Topics that use Military strategy
- Period Study: Viking Expansion, c.750–c.1050 (OCR GCSE)
- World Depth Study: Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535 (OCR GCSE)
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