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Subject: Re: Butcher Haig ? Author: Joeseph McCarthy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:54:37 07/08/02 Mon In reply to: Johan Ryheul 's message, "Butcher Haig ?" on 10:13:33 07/08/02 Mon I'm afraid that Haig, like Joffre, Nivelle, Falkenhein, and that moron who served under Falkenhein in the Verdun holocost (not the Crown Prince, who actually understood what was going on) fall into that special catagory of "Criminally Incompetant." They were good political generals, or were "Men of the Times" who simply appeared when they would be recieved well, but they had no business commanding armies. The German armies at least learned from their mistakes, but they had no margin for error. So in the battle of Verdun, instead of utilitizing their air power properly and making good use of the first success of infiltration tactics, they squandered it because of Falkenheins indecisiveness and some odd oversights and turned what was clearly a decisive breakthrough into the most horrible stalemate imaginable. But the allies learned nothing from that battle. No attempt was made to emulate the highly successful assault tactics of the Germans when the Somme and Passchendale (sic?) offensives went forward. Not a single lesson from Verdun was learned. They launched their attacks in methods that were already discredited in 1905. But the locations were strategically sound when the supply lines and French armies were factored in. If the Germans had pulled as many blunders as the allies did the war would have ended in 1916. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]