So the lack of ammunition is the core reason why the stronghold fell. In other words, the first (but not only) responsible is... the West. Again, and again.
I thank you for writing about the cold equations that the generals in overall command have to make. If there’s a comparison to the American Civil War, McCellen loved his army too much to really use it hard and so failed, while Grant understood the need to grind down his enemy even at a tremendous cost to his own forces. I really hope you’re right, because the general that can do that is the one that will win.
Very interesting and certainly a different take on this than Tom Cooper aka Sarcastosaurus. However, Even if we accept the cold minded decisions and the sacrificing of lives, and say this is a game of attrtion. Like Joffre. In order to win France and UK had to get USA into the war. So, does GenStab U have a Zimmermann telegram to show some other nations? In order to entice them to join? Or is he simply hoping for a collapse in Russia?
Brilliant, excellent, much-appreciated piece. I keep trying to work out how to best communicate the complexities of all this. Wish all journalists published this kind of analysis.
Here's my proposed test of whether UAF command is truly competent: have effective fortifications been constructed on the next line back?
If you're playing trade one brigade for ten (and on some level, even if casualties are evenly distributed across an entire army, this is what is always happening) the thing only works if each stand allows the next position back to be made even harder to crack.
Thank you for your military-savvy reporting. Do you have any insight into how the Russians lead these 3-4 man infiltrations? Before the war, the Russians had an over-abundance of junior officers as did the Soviets before them. Is that still the case? Or have the Russians “expended” these in the same way they expend the enlisted ranks?
Thank you Stefan for this excellent article it was a bit hard reading about the 72nd lets hope the top brass of the UAF knows what their doing and it will work out
Thank you very much for this excellent reporting.
So the lack of ammunition is the core reason why the stronghold fell. In other words, the first (but not only) responsible is... the West. Again, and again.
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Thank you.
Very clarifying.
I appreciate the comparison to Joffre.
I thank you for writing about the cold equations that the generals in overall command have to make. If there’s a comparison to the American Civil War, McCellen loved his army too much to really use it hard and so failed, while Grant understood the need to grind down his enemy even at a tremendous cost to his own forces. I really hope you’re right, because the general that can do that is the one that will win.
Very interesting and certainly a different take on this than Tom Cooper aka Sarcastosaurus. However, Even if we accept the cold minded decisions and the sacrificing of lives, and say this is a game of attrtion. Like Joffre. In order to win France and UK had to get USA into the war. So, does GenStab U have a Zimmermann telegram to show some other nations? In order to entice them to join? Or is he simply hoping for a collapse in Russia?
Brilliant, excellent, much-appreciated piece. I keep trying to work out how to best communicate the complexities of all this. Wish all journalists published this kind of analysis.
Here's my proposed test of whether UAF command is truly competent: have effective fortifications been constructed on the next line back?
If you're playing trade one brigade for ten (and on some level, even if casualties are evenly distributed across an entire army, this is what is always happening) the thing only works if each stand allows the next position back to be made even harder to crack.
Thank you for your military-savvy reporting. Do you have any insight into how the Russians lead these 3-4 man infiltrations? Before the war, the Russians had an over-abundance of junior officers as did the Soviets before them. Is that still the case? Or have the Russians “expended” these in the same way they expend the enlisted ranks?
Ty for the write up
Thank you Stefan for this excellent article it was a bit hard reading about the 72nd lets hope the top brass of the UAF knows what their doing and it will work out
Joffreism + Kamala-aid ‘Over There’ = WWI-like victory?