Events Tagged: "training"

Scharnhorst implements Krumpersystem - rotating short-term conscripts to build trained reserve army despite Napoleon's 42,000-man limit

Moltke institutionalizes Kriegsspiel (war games) for general staff training - officers practice campaigns on detailed maps with dice for friction

Moltke introduces staff rides - officers study actual terrain where battles might occur, practicing reconnaissance and planning

German dual education system produces highly skilled machinists - apprentice-journeyman-Meister progression becomes global model