Back in the day, war generals would fight side by side with their troops on the battlefield. Why does that no longer happen anymore?
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Generals generally don’t want to die in combat and for good reason – they’re the ones making decisions and, to do that, they need to know what’s going on. They can’t see the battlefield from the front lines, so they tend to stand on hills riding horses to get a view of things, with messengers coming in and out of that central location so they can give out new orders based on the changing situation.
At least that’s what they did before radio. Once radio became a thing, there’s no real need to put your generals in unnecessary danger where the opponent can destroy your entire command structure then and there.
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