Mobilization

Mobilization (alternatively spelled as mobilisation) is the act of assembling and readying military <a href="/facts/Troops/vlfdFXgm">troops</a> and supplies for <a href="/facts/War/MPluTbJ0">war</a>. The word mobilization was first used in a military context in the 1850s to describe the preparation of the <a href="/facts/Prussian_Army/VPJC5PFS">Prussian Army</a>. Mobilization theories and tactics have continuously changed since then. The opposite of mobilization is <a href="/facts/Demobilization/1DBCc4w0">demobilization</a>.
Mobilization institutionalized the <a href="/facts/Lev%25C3%25A9e_en_masse/24aN0jRd">Levée en masse</a> (engl. mass levy of conscripts) that was first introduced during the <a href="/facts/French_Revolution/PIkDlrC0">French Revolution</a>. It became an issue with the introduction of <a href="/facts/Conscription/SstkxdBk">conscription</a>, and the introduction of the railways in the 19th century.
A number of technological and societal changes promoted the move towards a more organized way of deployment. These included the <a href="/facts/Telegraph/JhRYDSDu">telegraph</a> to provide rapid communication, the railways to provide rapid movement and concentration of troops, and conscription to provide a trained <a href="/facts/Military_reserve_force/9Tp233t2">reserve</a> of soldiers in case of war.

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Mobilization