Strategic War Game of 1905
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The Strategic War Game of 1905 was a wargame run by the British
General Staff
between January and May 1905.
The game was umpired by James Grierson
an expert on the German Army
. There were three sides: Colonel Callwell played the British Commander-in-Chief, William Robertson
played the German Commander-in-Chief with Lynden Bell playing that of the Belgian Army
.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
General Staff
General Staff
A military staff, often referred to as General Staff, Army Staff, Navy Staff or Air Staff within the individual services, is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units...
between January and May 1905.
The game was umpired by James Grierson
James Grierson
Lieutenant General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson KCB, CMG, CVO, ADC was a British soldier.- Military career :Grierson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1877....
an expert on the German Army
German Army
The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force...
. There were three sides: Colonel Callwell played the British Commander-in-Chief, William Robertson
William Robertson
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1916 to 1918, during the First World War...
played the German Commander-in-Chief with Lynden Bell playing that of the Belgian Army
Belgian Army
The Land Component is organised using the concept of capacities, whereby units are gathered together according to their function and material. Within this framework, there are five capacities: the command capacity, the combat capacity, the support capacity, the services capacity and the training...
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