Battle of Megiddo, April 1479 BC

The first battle in history took place in 1479 BC during a campaign by pharaoh Tuthmosis III (reigned 1479-1425 BC) near the Sea of Galilee - 300 km from Egypt - with the tactics employed in the camp battle and the siege. capture of the city of Megiddo (near present-day Haifa in northern Israel). He led an expeditionary army to suppress a hostile alliance of princes from the cities of Megiddo and Kadesh, backed by the Mitanni Empire. The Egyptian advantage, in the simulation, will be the principle of applied mass concentrated in a limited space and timeframe, tending to surprise the enemy by the violence and speed of "lightning". The balance of the Egyptian deployment will be based primarily on deep mutual support within each zone of action of the divisions, provided by the massing of means against limited sectors of the Canaanite defensive front.