Maturation of the Field Fortification’s and Cover and Concealment’s Theory and Practice in World War I.

Abstract

The process and outcome of the World War One and the political and wartime roles of the countries participating in it – also the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy including Hungary – were determined by many factors. Among them, it should be noted the arms race, the lightning war plans, the wartime enthusiasm and the sticky end named „maturation of positional warfare”. Of course, these factors had an impact on the theory and the practice of field fortification and cover and concealment, but these factors have not played decisive role in it. The aim of this article to present, how were revolutioned the theory and the practice of troops’ survivor ability (field fortification and cover and concealment) by the typical weapons of World War One, the war of resources and the new strategic concepts.