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Psychological warfare is a continuous process. But the question is what can psychology do for warfare? In the first place, the psychologist can bring to the attention of the soldier because the elements of the human mind are usually kept out of sight. In the second place, the psychologist can set up techniques for finding out how the enemy really feels. In the third place, the psychologist can help the military psychological warfare operator by helping the soldiers maintain his sense of mission. Psychology is really important because an infantry officer does not need to study the whole nature of war, in order to find his own job. Tradition, military skill, and discipline... These have done the job for him. Sun Tzu, Frederick, Clausewitz and other writers on war have established the place of combat in war. What is important for an infantry is being strong so that he does not lose the combat psychologically. Nations rarely change their basic character in time of war. When war starts it is usually too late to re-educate generations already grown up, teach them wholly new skills, or develop operational procedures unknown in peacetime life. Sometimes, by great effort, a nation can transform a small available cadre into large, new and effective units on the political, military, economic or social fronts. The British had, in 1914, one of the world's finest news systems. They had a highly sophisticated press, and extensive experience in international communication for technical and commercial purposes, the undersea cable system, and they turned these systems to war use. However, the Germans had a far more regimented press and a more limited network of commercial and technical connections. So the British were able to psychologically suppress the German at war by using these systems.