Lessons Learned by the Romanian Armed Forces after the 1916 Military Campaign

The military actions of the Romanian Armed Forces in 1916 gave rise to valuable lessons learned, some still applicable today. Of course, the proportions regarding the evolution of weapon systems, the diversification of military specialties, the emergence of hybrid actions, the accession to international alliances must be preserved. Nevertheless, the actions remained the same. On today’s battlefield there is various equipment, technological and intelligent, that existed in rudimentary forms even 100 years ago. Although the equipment has evolved and diversified unimaginably, the goals and actions have essentially remained the same. A good example is the recent conflict in Ukraine, where, although we are talking about intelligent systems of detection, selection and hitting of targets, everything has been reduced to a ground confrontation, conquest of territories, employment of forces in the open field and localities, use of different techniques, tactics and actions like those of the First World War. Therefore, the analysis of past battles, such as the campaign of 1916, is not a pointless activity, but an exercise in analysis and thought, whereby old, not obsolete, tactics are superimposed on current conflicts.