Quote Originally Posted by Sirex1
But you seem to know about the later allies tactics, could you please teach me some. I read Kerrigans ww1 book, but that wa a time ago and i don't really remember that tehy did any big cahnge in tactics untill the tanks came.
The tanks were a comparatively minor part of the revolution in allied tactics. More significant was the rolling barrage, with infantry urged to err on the side of being too close rather than too far behind the barrage. Also, the development of advanced squad tactics, with a synergy of rifle, machine gun and bomb specialists, each covering for each other, and multiple squads attacking strongpoints, each squad capable of leading or working round the flanks, and rearranging as circumstances dictated. By the end of the war, the British and Commonwealth army in particular was probably as good as any infantry-based army could have been, given the technology they had, putting into practice all the various ideas that have since become established doctrine. I recommend Paddy Griffith's "Battle Tactics of the Western Front" for an illuminating read.

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