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In WWI the Allies DID eventually use mobile warfare (why didn't anybody think of tanks tanks tanks) to decisively finish off the Germans [1][2]. Too besides, a
by balsam 14y ago
In WWI the Allies DID eventually use mobile warfare (why didn't anybody think of tanks tanks tanks) to decisively finish off the Germans [1][2]. Too besides, as pointed out below, EG is a recommended text in US military academies. Sometimes fun and games are improved by a little research.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Days_Offensive
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)#Plan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)#Plan
"The Battle of Amiens was a major turning point in the tempo of the war. The Germans had started the offensive with the Schlieffen Plan before the war devolved into trench warfare, the Race to the Sea slowed movement on the Western Front, and the German Spring Offensive earlier that year had once again given Germany the offensive edge on the Western Front. Armoured support helped the Allies tear a hole through trench lines, weakening once impregnable trench positions. The British Third Army with no armored support had almost no effect on the line while the Fourth with fewer than a thousand tanks broke deep into German territory, for example"