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Understanding Infantry: A Historical and Tactical Quiz

This quiz tests your knowledge of infantry, covering historical contexts, tactical developments, and the evolution of infantry roles in warfare.

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1 [3] However, in ________ it has become a common English term to apply to troops from earlier historical periods.

2 In the beginning of the 17th century, ________ appeared and quickly became the main and most common type of infantry in the European countries.

3 Formations such as those now form a part of many armed forces and are referred to as airmobile infantry, and delivering infantry into battle on helicopters is known as an ________.

4 Infantry used all sorts of melee weapons, such as various types swords, ________, and maces, as well as ranged weapons such as javelins, bows, and slings.

5 ________ can be undertaken either in reserve or on the front, but consists of using infantry troops as labor for construction of field positions, roads, bridges, airfields, and all other manner of structures.

6 Before the development of ________ in the 19th century, infantry armies got to the battlefield by walking, or sometimes by ship.

7 What does the following picture show?  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force infantry wearing helmets and camouflage, 2006.   Canadian reserve infantrymen train in urban operations.   Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I.   Canadian reserve infantrymen train in urban operations.

8 After the Spanish ________, many other nations combined firearms with extremely long pikes into units that were virtually invincible against cavalry formations.

9 Infantry doctrine is the concise expression of how infantry forces contribute to campaigns, major operations, ________, and engagements.

10 And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without." [7]________

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the contradictory term foot cavalry was first used to describe the rapid movement of infantry troops of General Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War.
  • two new amphibious warfare ships of Australia to be added to the nation's fleet starting in 2012 will each be able to carry an entire infantry battalion and up to 16 helicopters.
  • the British 21st Army Tank Brigade had so few tanks after the Battle of Dunkirk that two-thirds of the brigade was forced to serve as infantry.
  • the City of London Yeomanry was a regiment of the British Territorial Army which served at various times as a cavalry, infantry, artillery, anti-aircraft, and armoured unit, and now forms a squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals.
  • the 61st Battalion was an Australian infantry battalion that adopted Scottish-style uniforms including kilts and the designation of Queensland Cameron Highlanders.
  • the Battle of Krasny Bor was a World War II battle in which neutral Spain assisted Germany with an all volunteer infantry division.
  • the Australian Army's first regular infantry unit, the Darwin Mobile Force, was raised as a unit of the Royal Australian Artillery.
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