Amazing footage of WWI battlefields

Oberon · 11-05-10, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

Jeez, they really had a policy of shelling every square inch of a target area, didn't they?

I never did study much into WWI.

Bloodbath. I must confess my knowledge is not as good as some, Raptor1 (who has an encyclopedic knowledge of just about every war) has good knowledge of it. However, that which I know indicates the sheer meat grinder of the western front and the mess of Gallipoli and the doomed raids against the Ottomans.

TarJak · 11-05-10, 04:10 PM

The main reason for the bloodbath was the lack of realisation on both sides of the need for new tactics for the waging of war with the technological developments wrought by the industrial age.

Both sides general staff went into the war with a 19th century playbook against (admittedly early), 20th century weaponry.

11-05-10, 04:10 PM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	The main reason for the bloodbath was the lack of realisation on both sides of the need for new tactics for the waging of war with the technological developments wrought by the industrial age. Both sides general staff went into the war with a 19th century playbook against (admittedly early), 20th century weaponry.