H100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
Strategic Level of War - ANS Grand or coalition plans of using military and other resources to
achieve objectives.
Operational Level of War - ANS A military commander's long range plans of how to use
troops and resources to win.
Tactical Level of War - ANS Employment of units in combat in an ordered arrangement in
relation to its own side or the enemy.
Clausewitz's trinity - ANS A triangle between people: passion, nationalism, hatred; army: fog
of war, uncertainty, creativity of commanders; Government: political purpose that directs war.
Prussian/German General Staff - ANS Professional planning, education, and warfighting
engine, institutionalized after 1806.
Kriegsakademie - ANS Berlin war academy started in the early 1800s that educated officers to
be sharp on the battlefield.
Otto Von Bismarck - ANS Chancellor who unified German states into Germany via 'blood and
iron', used limited wars to achieve this goal.
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,auftragstaktik (mission-type tactics) - ANS German/Prussian tactic where commanders state
intent and subordinates decide how.
Kesselsclacht - ANS Envelopment strategy used by Prussian/Germans, operational/tactical.
Alfred Thayer Mahan - ANS Author of The Influence of Sea Power (1890), emphasized control
of sea lanes and decisive fleet battles.
U.S.S. Maine - ANS Randomly exploded off the coast of Cuba, encouraging the US to go to
war with Cuba in 1898.
Theodore Roosevelt - ANS 1897 Secretary of Navy, leader of Rough Riders, and President
1901-1909; projected power in the Spanish-American war.
Battle of Manila Bay - ANS 1898 naval battle in the Philippines where the Spanish fleet was
destroyed, leading to US naval dominance.
Elihu Root's reforms - ANS US reforms from 1899-1904 that created General Staff, Army War
College, and professionalized officer education.
Battle of Port Arthur - ANS 1904 naval/shore battle that started the Russo-Japanese War,
where Japanese surprised Russian forces.
Battle of Tsushima - ANS 1905 battle where Japanese destroyed the Russian fleet, ending the
Russo-Japanese War.
Treaty of Portsmouth - ANS 1905 treaty mediated by Teddy Roosevelt, ending the Russo-
Japanese war, where Japan gained Korea.
Benjamin Foulois - ANS US Army aviator and pioneer of US military aviation ISR and airmail
reports.
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, Four functions of airpower - ANS Command of the air, ISR, Attack/strike, and mobility.
Triple Alliance/Central Powers - ANS Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed
in 1882.
Triple Entente - ANS Alliance of France, Russia, and the UK formed in 1907.
Helmuth von Moltke (The Younger) - ANS Chief of German General Staff from 1906-1914,
implemented a modified Schlieffen Plan.
The Schlieffen Plan - ANS Plan based on assumptions about France, Russia, and Belgium that
ultimately failed.
Plan XVII - ANS French plan devised by Joseph Joffre that sent nearly 2 million troops to
Alsace-Lorraine.
Battle of Tannenberg - ANS 1914 battle in Prussia where the German army destroyed the
Russian second army.
Battle of Jutland - ANS Massive fleet battle between Germany and Britain that was indecisive.
Battle of Verdun - ANS Battle proposed by Erich Von Falkenhayn to break French morale,
resulting in huge losses.
Douglas Haig - ANS BEF Commander known for leading many bloodbath battles during WWI.
Battle of the Somme - ANS Battle where Douglas Haig pushed for a massive infantry assault,
resulting in one of the bloodiest days of the war.
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
Strategic Level of War - ANS Grand or coalition plans of using military and other resources to
achieve objectives.
Operational Level of War - ANS A military commander's long range plans of how to use
troops and resources to win.
Tactical Level of War - ANS Employment of units in combat in an ordered arrangement in
relation to its own side or the enemy.
Clausewitz's trinity - ANS A triangle between people: passion, nationalism, hatred; army: fog
of war, uncertainty, creativity of commanders; Government: political purpose that directs war.
Prussian/German General Staff - ANS Professional planning, education, and warfighting
engine, institutionalized after 1806.
Kriegsakademie - ANS Berlin war academy started in the early 1800s that educated officers to
be sharp on the battlefield.
Otto Von Bismarck - ANS Chancellor who unified German states into Germany via 'blood and
iron', used limited wars to achieve this goal.
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,auftragstaktik (mission-type tactics) - ANS German/Prussian tactic where commanders state
intent and subordinates decide how.
Kesselsclacht - ANS Envelopment strategy used by Prussian/Germans, operational/tactical.
Alfred Thayer Mahan - ANS Author of The Influence of Sea Power (1890), emphasized control
of sea lanes and decisive fleet battles.
U.S.S. Maine - ANS Randomly exploded off the coast of Cuba, encouraging the US to go to
war with Cuba in 1898.
Theodore Roosevelt - ANS 1897 Secretary of Navy, leader of Rough Riders, and President
1901-1909; projected power in the Spanish-American war.
Battle of Manila Bay - ANS 1898 naval battle in the Philippines where the Spanish fleet was
destroyed, leading to US naval dominance.
Elihu Root's reforms - ANS US reforms from 1899-1904 that created General Staff, Army War
College, and professionalized officer education.
Battle of Port Arthur - ANS 1904 naval/shore battle that started the Russo-Japanese War,
where Japanese surprised Russian forces.
Battle of Tsushima - ANS 1905 battle where Japanese destroyed the Russian fleet, ending the
Russo-Japanese War.
Treaty of Portsmouth - ANS 1905 treaty mediated by Teddy Roosevelt, ending the Russo-
Japanese war, where Japan gained Korea.
Benjamin Foulois - ANS US Army aviator and pioneer of US military aviation ISR and airmail
reports.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Four functions of airpower - ANS Command of the air, ISR, Attack/strike, and mobility.
Triple Alliance/Central Powers - ANS Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed
in 1882.
Triple Entente - ANS Alliance of France, Russia, and the UK formed in 1907.
Helmuth von Moltke (The Younger) - ANS Chief of German General Staff from 1906-1914,
implemented a modified Schlieffen Plan.
The Schlieffen Plan - ANS Plan based on assumptions about France, Russia, and Belgium that
ultimately failed.
Plan XVII - ANS French plan devised by Joseph Joffre that sent nearly 2 million troops to
Alsace-Lorraine.
Battle of Tannenberg - ANS 1914 battle in Prussia where the German army destroyed the
Russian second army.
Battle of Jutland - ANS Massive fleet battle between Germany and Britain that was indecisive.
Battle of Verdun - ANS Battle proposed by Erich Von Falkenhayn to break French morale,
resulting in huge losses.
Douglas Haig - ANS BEF Commander known for leading many bloodbath battles during WWI.
Battle of the Somme - ANS Battle where Douglas Haig pushed for a massive infantry assault,
resulting in one of the bloodiest days of the war.
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