The Chilean army and the industrialization of war, 1885-1930. Revolution of tactics according to European paradigms

Summary

Starting from the central decades of the XIX Century a series of technical advances took place concerning the development of fire arms which gave the defensive a clear advantage on the tactical field. However, the strong nations faced the First World War convinced that the offensive tactics were still the strongest form of fighting, therefore originating the "holocaust" in the trenches. The present paper seeks to determine how the evolution of the European tactical thought was recognized before the problem created by the industrialization of the war in the Chilean army during the years of the German influence.