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'''Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|commas=on|KBE|FBA|size=100%}} (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British [[Military history|military historian]]. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} [[Paddy Griffith]], among modern historians, argues that the British infantry's discipline and willingness to attack were equally important.