Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
I've always thought that the US got a taste of the consequences of "industrial" warfare during the US Civil War. I suppose it's a lesson that did not make it across the Atlantic.
Ha! If so, there's not much evidence to suggest it's a lesson they properly learned or carried accross the ocean themselves. The US expeditionary force is known to have had a "steep learning curve" in its first months on the Western front...