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~~Video Description~~

One of the worst stereotypes of the First World War is that soldiers would just mindlessly march into machine gun and artillery fire and that their officers would send repeated waves 'over the top' to do the same thing over and over again without any care for such pesky things as 'innovation'. The "Lions Led by Donkeys" narrative, though largely debunked by professional historians of the war, persists. But when you look at military manuals and actual battle techniques of the time period...you actually will find many examples of soldiers marching, as if "on parade", into enemy fire. Why was that? Did such an approach ever make sense? Why would they do so?

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"The British Army Handbook, 1914-1918": [ Ссылка ]

My video about Friendly Fire and 'Timetables' in WW1: [ Ссылка ]
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My video about the 'claustrophobia' of WW1 combat: [ Ссылка ]

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~~Timestamps~~
00:00 Intro
01:42 Why Would they Walk?
18:29 Sponsored Message
20:24 Did It Really Make Sense??
27:37 Conclusion

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