Editing Division (military) (section)

=== Early divisions ===
The first war in which the divisional system was used systematically was the [[French Revolutionary War]]. [[Lazare Carnot]] of the [[Committee of Public Safety]], who was in charge of military affairs, came to the same conclusion about it as the previous royal government, and the army was organised into divisions.

It made the armies more flexible and easy to maneuver, and it also made the large [[French Revolutionary Army]] manageable. Under [[Napoleon]], the divisions were grouped together into [[corps]], because of their increasing size. Napoleon's military success spread the divisional and corps system all over Europe; by the end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]], all armies in Europe had adopted it.