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What was the fundamental strategy behind Napoleon's conduct of battle?
What was the fundamental strategy behind Napoleon's conduct of battle?
- Proliferation of subordinate staffs
- Expanding his staff
- Breaking up the army into permanent divisions and corps (correct)
- Living off the country
What was the purpose of breaking up the formerly unitary army into permanent divisions and corps?
What was the purpose of breaking up the formerly unitary army into permanent divisions and corps?
- To control constantly larger and more widely dispersed forces
- To enable the component parts to move more rapidly and give them greater flexibility (correct)
- To maintain the army more easily
- To cover much ground
What innovations broke with the assumptions, techniques, and practices of generations of European soldiers?
What innovations broke with the assumptions, techniques, and practices of generations of European soldiers?
- Breaking up the army into permanent divisions and corps and expanding the staff (correct)
- Controlling constantly larger and more widely dispersed forces and covering much ground
- Moving on separate roads and providing mutual support
- Living off the country and maintaining the army more easily
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