What was the New Model Army?
- They revolutionised warfare
- Professional
- First standing army
- Regularly paid
- Motivated
- Oliver Cromwell and Fairfax were the Commanders in Chief
- Many were/did become Puritans
- Religiously driven - motivated soldiers, perhaps more than any other side in the Civil War
- Never lost a battle
- Established in 1645 and lasted until the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660
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