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November 12th, 2017, 09:22 AM | #21 | |
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And that the generals using those tactics were indifferent to the casualties. Just numbers to them. Numbers to further their own glory. |
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At the beginning of the war, the era of the bayonet charge was over - replaced by the industrialised slaughter of rapid firing machine gun and artillery shell. Few commanders realised this in 1914 . . . and some had still not learned the lesson by 1918.
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The American Civil War marked the end of massed infantry attacks on prepared positions as a viable option but as You say the Generals of the Great War refused to accept it.
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If Britain had not gone to war, it would have stayed European, been much shorter, and saved millions of casualties, including your own. That's their reasoning |
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November 11th, 2018, 06:57 AM | #27 |
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No Soviet Union either.
So that would have saved a fair few more million lives. |
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November 11th, 2018, 10:01 AM | #28 |
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November 11th, 2018, 10:04 AM | #29 |
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For alternative media options:
Check out the Great War channel on YouTube. A team has been documenting the war week-by-week for four years now, and the last episode just aired at 11 am today (Armistice Day). It's just amazing content with a great host. Also, Dan Carlin on Hardcore History podcast did a great six-episode series that is still free to listen to. |
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November 11th, 2018, 10:08 AM | #30 |
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There were many, many chances for there to be no Soviet Union even after Nicholas II abdicated.
As to whether the Russian Empire would have fallen, that almost certainly going to happen at some point in the early 20th century anyway. Somehow blaming the Soviet Union on Britain's entry into the Great War is pretty ridiculous. Last edited by Bill McNeal; November 11th, 2018 at 12:16 PM.. |
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