OCS Military History All Lessons- A Co 501-19 fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024

OCS Military History All Lessons- A Co 501-19 Andrew Jackson - correct answer - Maj. Gen. in the United States Army during the War of 1812, - Served as the seventh president of the US. - As a general in the Tenn. state militia, he defeated the Creek Indians in 1814, - As a general in the US Army, he defeated the Seminoles in the Seminole War of 1818. - Defeated the British in an attack in New Orleans and in Mobile, Al. - Jackson's victories were achieved by canon fire, force and maneuver, and ability to lead in battle. War - correct answer -Conflict between organized groups with "Unknown Resolve" - Each seeking to impose its will on the other Linear Tactics - correct answer - Troops Marched in column formation - 2 to 3 ranks, shoulder to shoulder - Used successive volleys of fire - Purpose was to mass greatest amount of firepower over a given area - Tactics prevailed through WWI Smoothbore Musket - correct answer - Used from 1600's to Pre-Civil War - Max Effective Distance of 100m - Highly inaccurate - 3 Rounds per minute Friction - correct answer - Any impediment to a commanders ability to wage war - EX: Muddy roads, undisciplined troops, bad weather Strategic Level of War - correct answer All of a nation's armed forces in all campaigns Operational Level of War - correct answer In-theater forces; Where the battle or war is actually taking place—i.e. Afghanistan Tactical Level of War - correct answer Individual field units (division or below) Battle of Bunker Hill - correct answer - Revolutionary War - 1775 - Took place near Boston Town on the Charlestown Peninsula - Patriot forces actually occupied and fortified Breed's Hill. - British misused surprise and maneuver in an effort to publicly defeat and humiliate the American's in a frontal assault. - Retreated after running dangerously low on ammunition. - Psychological victory for the American's. Battle of Charleston - correct answer -Revolutionary War - 1776 -British had poor planning. Timing was poor which caused a low tide crossing to fail.The Navy did not have adequate maps and a ship got stuck on a sandbar. -British assess terrain and patriot enemy's tenacity poorly. -Amphib 'terrain' obstacles -U.S. War aim= Independence -Strategy: Hold On -Terrain, Enemy, and Troops (Poor Use) NYC Campaign - correct answer - Revolutionary War - 1776 - Washington split forces in an effort to meet British forces at both Staton and Long Island - Violated the principal of mass. - British forces continually out-maneuver Washington, forcing him to fall back several times - Washington Center of Gravity= Preserving his army - Poor Offensive -Washington lost NYC; kept his Army -British win tactically but Washington won Strategically