Napoleon's Army
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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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