Britain's Military Use of Horses 1914-1918

Bibliographic Data

ID4162785
AuthorsJohn Singleton (0000-0002-9286-5559, Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume139
Issue1
Pages178-203
Publication date1993-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePast & Present (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/past/139.1.178
OpenAlexW2120436443
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Between 1914 and 1918 the success of the British war effort was heavily dependent on the horse. Warfare in the early twentieth century employed horses at least as intensively as did the economy in peacetime. As war became more capital-intensive, an increasing burden was placed on the military transport services. Motorized transport was somewhat more reliable than it had been at the start of the century, but there was still an urgent demand for large numbers of draught- and pack-animals. Vast sums were spent buying and shipping animals from far-flung corners of the globe to the battlefields. Britain, with its great empire and command of the oceans, was at a distinct advantage in this branch of logistics. The war created an international equine economy.

Ancient history · Business · Capital (architecture) · Economics · Economy · Empire · Globe · International trade · Peacetime · Political science · History · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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