For fun, this rock was the battlefield of the article linked:
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For fun, this rock was the battlefield of the article linked:
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Vitiate Man.
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies, the same defeats
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I am no expert but how can you either hold that or take it, both seems impossible
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The Austrians held it with a platoon. The Italians could not dislodge them, so they drilled tunnels and blew them up.
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About the only assault that might work would be assaulting down from the peak....and that would be chancy. Going UP to it? Sucker's bet.
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Those up can't be resurplied, just as screwedOriginally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
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For those that aren't aware already the Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar The Great War does a weekly summary of what happened a century ago during WW1 and does more informative specials etc... about the topic and has been doing it since a bit before the centennials started three years ago. Short, informative, and well researched clips. Will make you wonder how folks like Cadorna and Hotzendorf managed to become so important when so incompetent when you see their week to week decisions and impacts!
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Have been reading up a bit lately, I am starting to have my doubts about alledged imcompetence of military commanders, a lot of thought went into this insanity on a tactical level, they just thought completily different about extreme loss of life I guess, what they did wasn't just simply stupid, just unimagible for us in our time, there was actually a lot of stratigec thinking, but at enormous cost of life
Last edited by Fragony; 07-17-2017 at 21:39.
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The most difficult part of high level command is supposedly building an army. Whatever these guys' strategic incompetence, they were the best in their country at that one task. Pershing wasn't too hot in the field either, and one wonders how Marshall might have fared had he got the European command.
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