This past week I've been doing a lot of reading and research into the first world war, which has got me thinking. A) I am incredibly glad I have never had to see warfare in my life, and B) how on earth were the Command & Control not court martialed over the ridiculous tactics they employed, resulting in what was essentially the murder of hundreds of thousands of young men?
Sending wave after wave of soldiers over the top into oncoming machine gun fire really couldn't have been the best tactic available, could it? After the first three waves got mowed down a few feet from the parapets of the trench, I'd call it quits.
And the whole damned affair was essentially useless, too. No real gains were made, and it ultimately lead to a disenfranchised Germany to re-arm a decade later and invade Poland.
Utterly useless waste of life.
