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Old 26th Jan 2023, 17:33
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Originally Posted by langleybaston
Also very very wrong regarding the Great War. "The Hundred Days" was a vindication of the way the citizen armies of GB, the Dominions, France [once it pulled itself together after the mutinies] and the fresh USA had learned and applied the lessons of all-arms cooperation, and the concept of exploiting a schwerpunkt. Germany had exhausted itself in its last throw of the dice in March and April, the population was near starvation, and the Eastern front was a mess. Mutual inability to continue the war did not happen. I doubt if it ever does.
I wasn't sure about WW1, so had a quick read up. Given that the war ended in an armistice and not a surrender, that the the aggressor nation was not physically invaded and (imo ) both sides were exhausted ( American influx excluded ) then I would say that is in line with uxb's premise.
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