Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
I find it amazing that despite all the fancy technology in place on both sides it seems that at the strategic and operational level we are basically seeing WW2 over again. Even more striking to me is that it appears the Bachmut campaign seems to have a lot more resemblance to the battles for Ypres in WW1 than any of the much vaunted "Revolutions in Military Affairs" that the various think tanks are pushing.
The three Ieper battles are a poor analogy, in that there was negligible street fighting: no CQB. From memory the only German formed unit to enter the city was cavalry reconnaisance very early in the war.