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The Great War
by John Galt » Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:45 pm
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
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Re: The Great War
by Saz » Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:12 pm
Yea, awesome channel and the whole war is fascinating. Truly the height of insanity.
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Re: The Great War
by spacemonkey » Wed Jul 06, 2016 3:05 pm
War = a stupid game played by stupid people.
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Re: The Great War
by John Galt » Wed Jul 06, 2016 4:09 pm
The absolute disgusting loss of life in the first few months when everyone thought it would be over soon is so appalling. i can't even imagine reading a paper telling me that 20,000 of my countrymen died in one battle, and another 200,000 were injured or captured.
but this video points out how stupid decisions by the german high command (letting subordinates do their own thing, causing gaps in the west and in the east a general to take initiative that caused a rout of german forces, leading to redeployment of men from the west to the east) caused the end of the schlieffen plan. had they better communication and worked together instead of independently, the war could have actually been over rather quickly with the fall of paris, like ww2 (for france, anyway). instead... f**k.
but this video points out how stupid decisions by the german high command (letting subordinates do their own thing, causing gaps in the west and in the east a general to take initiative that caused a rout of german forces, leading to redeployment of men from the west to the east) caused the end of the schlieffen plan. had they better communication and worked together instead of independently, the war could have actually been over rather quickly with the fall of paris, like ww2 (for france, anyway). instead... f**k.
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Re: The Great War
by John Galt » Wed Jul 06, 2016 4:31 pm
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.
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Re: The Great War
by John Galt » Wed Jul 06, 2016 4:43 pm
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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