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meatcleaver -> RE: the shi* is hitting the fan (1/20/2007 6:03:58 PM)
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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent
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ORIGINAL: meatcleaver
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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent
Tell you what, while the British and Canadians were stuggling in their sectors of the Somme the French were breaking through German lines so make of that what you will.
It was the British that formed the tactics that pushed back the Germans. Despite the popular belief that the British army was badly led it was the British army that had a series of victories over the Germans and it was they that did to the German army what the Russians did in WWII. WWI saw the most decisive victories in British military history.
While the British and the Canadinas were bogged down at the Somme the French broke through.
The difference was this: the British and Canadians were rigid in their military strategy - bombard the Germans lines from long range, stop the bombardment, wait and run. By the time they got out of their trenches the Germans were sat waiting with all sorts of machinery
The French were less rigid. They bombarded on a short term range and as soon as the guns stopped were out and at them - consolidtaed a few hundred yards and then bombarded again and so on.
Plus, between 1914 and 1916 the French more or less fought the war on their own and stilll did the most damage on the Somme in 1916. This is the problem with the British Empire - greatness in the mind.
You really ought to reread your history of WWI, you are just showing your ignorance of British achievements in WWI. You are spouting the anti-war propaganda that circulated Britain in the 20s and took hold as national myth.
I can't be bothered googling too much, it is 3.00am here but here is a BBC link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197586.stm
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