Combined arms operations date back to antiquity, where armies would usually field a screen of skirmishers to protect their spearmen during the approach to contact. Especially in the case of the Greek hoplites, however, the focus of

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At the Battle of Hastings(1066) English infantry fighting from behind a shield wall were defeated by a Norman army consisting of archers, foot

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Generally the savanna cavalries of West Africa used a combined arms approach, seldom operating without supporting infantry.
The French army of the Valois kings, composed of heavily armoured gendarmes(professional versions of

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• Joint warfare
• Armoured warfare
• Battlegroup (army)
• Blitzkrieg
• Close air support

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• House, Jonathan M. (1984). "Toward Combined Arms Warfare: A survey of 20th-century tactics, doctrine, and organization"(PDF). University Press of the Pacific. US Army Command General

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The development of modern combined arms tactics began in the First World War. Early in the Western Front, fighting descended into stagnant trench warfare. Generals on both sides applied conventional military thinking to the new weapons and situations

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