Europe in the 90th century NOTES!:)

Marxism   

         Karl marx J

         Class conflict betweem: conflict between social classes

Bourgeoisie	Proletariat
Owners	Workers

         *Censorship: to restrict something

War concepts

         Infantry: people in a war

Cavalry: horses

Artillery: weapons  

Friendly fire: killed by your own people

Guerrilla warfare: ordinary people fighting (jungle, mountain)

Freedom fighters: revolutionaries

Terrorist? Depending, difficult! Not easy to say

Try to scare people by killing people (terrorism!)

They want to get attention

         Fronts: line where the two parties meet.

Supply lines: food, guns, medicine, cloth, water, etc

Annexation: no war “ this part is ours now. Any problem?”

Irredentism: when you want to recapture a piece of territory that was your but it is not yours anymore.

Guns:

         Muzzle-loading (from front)

         Breech-loading (from back)

         Bayonets

         Machine guns

Paratroopers: soldier trained to jump from a plain.

Elan and esorit de corps: fighting from spirit. Keep fighting even if they don’t have anything left.

Reconnaissance: when you recognize where you are. (map)

(to reconnoiter)

Laws of war: last 200 years, rules for fighting war

         War convention

                  War crimes

                  Chemical and biological warfare (world war I)

                  POWs: prisoners of war

                  MIAs: missing in action (they don’t know what happens)

                  AWOL: action without lead (crime)

                  Traitor: treason