| | Mobilization is the act of making both troops and supplies ready for war and the logistics involved in deploying them in conflict zones. | | Mobilization is the act of making both troops and supplies ready for war and the logistics involved in deploying them in conflict zones. |
| − | In the period leading up to the [[First World War]], senior military advisors monitoring external military forces, analyzed the information to determine if it's just an exercise, and if not, reported to political leaders of a general mobilization. The information was interpreted as "mobilization means [[war]]," and the country observing the mobilization invoked its own mobilization, rapidly escalating tensions beyond the control of politicians and [[diplomat]]s. | + | In the period leading up to the [[First World War]], senior military advisors monitoring external military forces, analyzed the information to determine if it's just an exercise, and if not, reported to political leaders what they perceived as a general mobilization by their counterparts. The information was interpreted to mean "mobilization means [[war]]," and the country observing the mobilization invoked its own mobilization, rapidly escalating tensions beyond the control of politicians and [[diplomat]]s. Millions of men were rapidly mobilized into [[military]] and sent to the front. Within 60 days, 2 million soldiers from both sides had been killed. |