Андрей Тихомиров
The emergence of armies and armed forces
By unleashing World War II, the fascist aggressors – Germany, Japan, and Italy – were able to prepare strong invading armies, which included most of the armed forces intended for offensive operations with decisive goals. The conditions for the creation of strong armies by these states were created by the policy of the governments of Great Britain, France and the United States, which helped to increase the military potential of the aggressor countries (especially Germany) and encouraged their anti-Soviet policies.
After the Second World War, in Western countries, based on the study of the experience of the last war, the forms, types and technical equipment of such an operational association as the army continue to change.
In a Western society based on the exploitation of man by man, standing armies serve as the main means of asserting the rule of the exploiting classes, suppressing the resistance of the oppressed working classes and conducting an aggressive, predatory foreign policy.
In modern conditions, the basic concept of the army is the army as an operational association of troops, which is part of the active army (the armed forces of the state); in turn, the army consists of higher tactical formations and individual units. The composition of the army depends on the social nature of the armed forces, on the nature of the war and the methods of its conduct, on the operational purpose of army units, their types, characteristics of the theater of operations and other circumstances.
Used literature
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Moscow, The State Scientific Publishing House "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 2nd edition, editor-in-chief B.A. Vvedensky, volume 9, 1951
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Moscow, The State Scientific Publishing House "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", 2nd edition, editor-in-chief S.I. Vavilov, volume 3, 1950
Tikhomirov A.E., Collection of articles in 2014, "PoLyART", Orenburg, 2015
