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To: larrytown

Utterly immoral, and not supported by the facts. The experienced British generals gave us late 1917 Ypres and other battles such as Flanders in 1918 that killed well over a quarter million allies at a whack while barely changing the lines from 1915.

British Generals “experience” was feeding soldiers into a meat grinder and being feted as heroes.


22 posted on 08/23/2021 7:50:33 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: DesertRhino

You’re speaking of ‘generals’, and I’m talking about where the troops were deployed at - ie., integrated with experienced UNITS, and being able to take advantage of that knowledge.

Glorification of generals is a bad habit that has yielded no benefit and endless misery. The only reason they’re ‘feted as heroes’ is because they ended up on the ‘winning side’.


23 posted on 08/23/2021 8:25:38 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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