... been so disastrous in terms of casualties. Even theorists from previous warfare had far more reason on their side. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 60,000 British soldiers died due mostly to ignorance but also to the fact that the commanders tended to attack the most strongly defended positions (which were supposed to have been destroyed by a barrage of artillery lasting a week), destroyed by shelling or not, this was still not a wise idea. The British seemed to have, not only an enormous amount of faith in their own ability but also the skill of hugely underestimating the enemies. Possibly -"[The leader with] fewer mistakes will win." as quite frankly mistakes were as common as men falling in "No man's land". Maybe i am stacking too much blame upon them, maybe they were just mediocre men thrust into a situation that overwhelmed them and ...

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