History A-Level
Combined arms warfare
What Combined arms warfare means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Combined arms warfare
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Guderian argued that tanks should be massed in independent Panzer divisions with all-arms support, combining arms and using radio to direct concentrated blows.
Topics that use Combined arms warfare
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 3 Radios, the internal combustion engine and mobile warfare, 1917–1940 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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