Infantry archery transformed warfare dynamics in England.

Evidence

At the same time a counter-revolution in the balance of warfare was afoot. The mailed cavalry which from the fifth century had eclipsed the ordered ranks of the legion were wearing out their long day. A new type of infantry raised from the common people began to prove its dominating quality. This infantry operated, not by club or sword or spear, or even by hand-flung missiles, but by an archery which, after a long development, concealed from Europe, was very soon to make an astonishing entrance upon the military scene and gain a dramatic ascendancy upon the battlefields of the Continent. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 464

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 464
• XREF: connects to: The effectiveness of the long-bow altered the dynamics of battle. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 536; Concentrated longbow fire let outnumbered English forces defeat armored knights; The shift to long-range weapons fundamentally changed the rules of military engagement — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 231 (+3 more)

Library Connections

• The effectiveness of the long-bow altered the dynamics of battle. #corroborates (0.95) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 536

Broader Connections

• Drones transform war from combat-defined zones into pursuit-defined hunting grounds. #expands (0.72) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 230
• Releasing soldiers from other tasks lets weapons evolve to extremes #expands (0.60) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 128
• Fortification style evolved in direct response to artillery effectiveness #expands (0.55) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 972