Even after the French and British changed their tactics later in war, the

US just repeated the same mistakes. Pershing felt the US rifleman was far superior to the European soldiers, and could prevail in a frontal assault when the French and British would falter in the same circumstances. It wasn't until the Meuse-Argonne was well underway before the US incorporated more "fire and maneuver" tactics instead of the pure frontal assault.

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Posted: 10/21/2019 at 1:09PM

Anyone watch "The Somme" on Amazon? I had to stop watching. -- Bburg Native 10/21/2019 12:45PM

The letter narration was interesting but the movie part was average -- HokieAl 10/21/2019 3:49PM

Is that a movie or a documentary? ** -- Chris Coleman

10/21/2019 2:54PM

What do they call them ... a Docu-drama? -- Bburg Native 10/21/2019 3:03PM

And geez, the numbers are staggering. -- Chris Coleman

10/21/2019 2:57PM

I've been to some of those battlefields and yeah... -- `lag 10/21/2019 2:33PM

The generals were using 19th century tactics in a 20th century war -- EDGEMAN 10/21/2019 1:25PM

Some of the numbers you see just don't make sense they are so large. ** -- reestuart 10/21/2019 1:32PM

Hiram Maxim created his invention to stop wars -- EDGEMAN 10/21/2019 1:47PM

Even after the French and British changed their tactics later in war, the -- Hokie360 10/21/2019 1:09PM

I didn't watch that but we started watching "They Shall Not Grow Old" -- GFallsFan 10/21/2019 12:53PM

I took my 10yo son to see it in the theater. It was a rough watch at times -- reestuart 10/21/2019 1:02PM

Wow. I needed a break after about an hour last night. -- GFallsFan 10/21/2019 1:22PM

He's way into history, and especially war. There were a couple of spots -- reestuart 10/21/2019 1:31PM

Take him to see the Pylons, or the Wall if near DC. ** -- Hokie360 10/21/2019 1:49PM

Been to the wall and other spots in DC. Haven't taken him to the Pylons -- reestuart 10/21/2019 1:59PM

We had to leave "Finding Nemo" after 10 mins :/ ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/21/2019 1:04PM

Watch "They Shall Not Grow Old" ** -- HokieDan95 10/21/2019 12:51PM

Started it last week but didn't get to finish. WW1 was nasty. ** -- reestuart 10/21/2019 12:46PM

Even after the French and British changed their tactics later in war, the

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