"American Doctrine in WWI: Bad!" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 21 Apr 2020 12:33 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link According to historian Geoffrey Wawro, American military doctrine as they entered the First World War extolled American "courage" as the solution to the ongoing stalemate in the trenches. He says that the Field Service Regulations of 1914, 1917 and 1918 derided the Allies tactics as "timid" and "defeatist." Were the Americans right? 41% said "no, the Americans were wrong"
22% said "yes, the Americans were right"
14% said "Wawro is wrong" |
| Green S Limey | 25 Apr 2020 7:47 a.m. PST |
the US Marines established fairly conclusively at Belleau Wood that courage, even American courage, conferred no immunity against machinegun fire or an artillery barrage One suspects the survivors of the 5th and 6th Regiments held trenchant views on these questions and if polled on the subject would have voted enthusiastically in favour of adopting more 'timid' or 'defeatist' tactics than the human wave assaults over open ground which had cost them so dearly in the cornfields below Belleau Wood |
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