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I haven’t studied it deeply but this is from the Imperial War Museum’s article. which is more or less what Ive read previously.
It was originally planned by the German Chief of General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn to secure victory for Germany on the Western Front. The aim was to crush the French army before the Allies grew in strength through the full deployment of British forces. Without France’s ninety-six divisions the Allies would be unable to continue fighting in the west.
To achieve his aim Falkenhayn needed to target a part of the French front where strategic necessity and national pride combined. The ancient fortress city of Verdun on the River Meuse was just such a place. By securing the heights on the east bank of the river, the Germans would dominate the surrounding area, making it crucial for the French to retake the ground or loose Verdun. Here Falkenhayn planned to use more than 1200 artillery pieces to destroy French units, whilst making limited use of German infantry to minimise his own casualties.
At 4am on 21 February 1916 the battle began, with a massive artillery bombardment and a steady advance by troops of the German Fifth Army under Crown Prince Wilhelm. Five days into the battle, German forces captured Fort Douaumont, the largest and highest of the 19 forts protecting Verdun. The battle appeared to be going Falkenhayn's way. French military leaders declared Verdun could not be held if the east bank of the Meuse was lost and that French national morale would not survive the loss of the city. At this point, however, Crown Prince Wilhelm and his staff stopped following Falkenhayn's strategic concept and committed the Fifth Army to greater offensive action. The seizure of ground became the priority and by the end of February, German losses at Verdun were similar to the French casualties.
General Philippe Petain was then given command of the French Second Army at Verdun. Petain had a reputation as a master of defence and organised his forces to defend in depth by establishing a series of mutually supporting strongpoints, rather than pushing all his troops into the vulnerable front line trenches. Petain also rotated units through Verdun on a regular basis and whilst this exposed much of the French Army to the battle, it ensured troops did not spend long periods of time at the front. The French also greatly increased the number of artillery pieces at Verdun, leading to the Germans suffering equally from incessant shelling. The ability of the French to sustain the battle was due to ammunition and supplies arriving along the 'Voie Sacree', the Scared Way, a single road into Verdun kept open despite constant German shelling.
On 6 March, the Germans renewed their offensive, this time on the west bank of the Meuse. The already terrible battlefield conditions were made worse throughout March and April, as persistent rain turned the area into a quagmire. In late April, General Robert Nivelle took over French command from Petain and began large-scale counter attacks. This offered the Germans a chance to return to Falkenhayn's strategy but by this time all sense of the original concept was lost, replaced by a fixation to take Verdun. In early June the Germans took Fort Vaux after very tough fighting. This proved to be their final success. Efforts to continue the advance later that month failed, despite the use of phosgene gas.
On 24 June, the Allied bombardment began on the Somme. The German offensive at Verdun was reduced in order to reinforce the Somme front. Nivelle seized his chance and attacked. His Second Army had artillery superiority and he employed new tactics based on specialist infantry sections armed with light machine guns, rifle grenades, mortars and light field guns. Even so, the Germans were not prepared to give ground. Casualties rose as villages such as Fleury changed hands several times. There was also terrible fighting for the forts taken by the Germans earlier in the battle before these too fell to the French.
The battle closed down on 15 December, as winter conditions and results of fighting on the Somme made further activity impossible. The French had lost 377,000 men and the Germans 330,000. Falkenhayn's plan to destroy the French army had failed. Even worse from a German perspective, the heavy losses at Verdun combined with even greater casualties suffered on the Somme to create a manpower crisis within the army that would become increasingly difficult to resolve as the war continued

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this is a very good point. Even Reagan knew this during the Nicaragua civil war.  That he was with the counterrevolutionaries and that he himself was a Contra. "and so I guess in a way they are counterrevolutionaries and God bless them for being that way. I guess that makes them contras and so it makes me a contra, too."

America was always had an Anti-communist position and supported the team who didn't want to be under Kremlin control.  

Agree. The only hope is that Russia gets so ground down and sanctioned that they are ground down to where they are ineffective for many years. In the mean time the border countries have to really beef up conventional forces and continue westernizing.

Hopefully the world learns that Russia can not be allowed to step one foot out of its borders. I think their navy could be used for leverage. Those can be easily sunk without touching Russia soil.

It's brutal but if the Ukrainians are trading TDF units for Russias best, then thats a good trade right now. Most UA sources are saying that the kill ratio is far in favor of Ukraine.
UAs regular brigades are kept in reserve for the spring/summer offensives. They're being reinforced and rebuilt with western equipment. If the Ukrainians are able to stockpile enough artillery ammunition for those offensives then they are going to slice right through what the Russians have left.

Russians lost another 9K317M "Buk-M3" surface to air missile system. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/shaukiCUFW

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) March 11, 2023

Earlier this morning, locals in RU-occupied #Melitopol reported ten loud explosions in the northern part of the city.#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/AkgYOlZp9L

— OSINT (Uri) \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@UKikaski) March 11, 2023

Video of convoys moving supplies along logistical routes towards #Bakhmut of which, most are currently under some form of RUS fire control and are in threat of being flanked. The APU now refers to the main open route as "The Road of Life."#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/zTTdz8AWHR

— OSINT (Uri) \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@UKikaski) March 11, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/status/1634499363157209088

I  think somebody got busy! Tanks and artillery!! And another day over 1000!
Man, those sunflowers are gonna be huuuge and colorful.

This photo really symbolizes women deserving of respect & recognition, yet our 1st lady dumbass says we should honor a man with tits as a great woman. It really chaps my ass.

I missed that. Seriously?

https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-03-11-forste-leopard-1-kampvogne-klar-til-ukraine-i-maj

And just because, the Princess of Wales.

This week, The Princess of Wales got involved with the casualty extraction and medical scenario of an exercise with the Irish Guards.

Despite freezing conditions, Her Royal Highness was shown how to carry out battlefield casualty drills to deliver care in the heat of battle. pic.twitter.com/VyBefGJrVO

— Ministry of Defence \uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDE7 (@DefenceHQ) March 10, 2023

Yes.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/alba-rueda-trans-woman-honored-by-white-house-on-international-womans-day/

lol, I liked the "NV" one.

153. Make the NPC "F Ukraine" comment, I hit ignore. Still will read and comment to them, but ignore is easier to use than the "notes" feature.

Funny thing is, tech threads are pretty much unaffected.

I don't think that is surprising. That could get into operational details, if they weren't targeting something fixed like a poweplant.

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I made that meme

Correct, people forget the cost of us firebombing Tokyo used an entire fleet of bombers, encountered significant pane and crew losses and the expense of hundreds of not thousands of tons of chemical ordinance.

Meanwhile atomics took one plane, one crew & one bomb, an expensive one, but much much cheaper than the fire bombing of Tokyo.

The emperor and his staff would know how much more powerful a single bomb was compared to whole armies of Russians and American bombers, they’re at the top strategic level, they knew war’s mostly about logistics and economy in the end.

Russian forces are located 1.2 km from the administrative center of Artemovsk, said Yevgeny Prigozhin

???????????? ???? ????????? ? 1,2 ?? ?? ????????????????? ?????? ??????????, ?????? ??????? ????????

— ??????.Ru (@GazetaRu) March 11, 2023

Prigozhin announces he's running for President in 2024.
Of Ukraine.

???????? ??????, ??? ????? ??????????????? ? ?????????? ??????? ? 2024 ???? pic.twitter.com/E3VC05NDPA

— ?????.?? (@lentaruofficial) March 11, 2023

https://ria.ru/20230311/miny-1857205531.html

How cool would it be if UA could drop a JDAM or maybe do a field test of the PrSM right on top of Prigozins head while he is filming his recruitment vids and propaganda. Milley and Austin could say: " Unequivocally NO. We did not give, sell, or lease ATACMS to Ukraine."

Let me give you an example of that thinking.

I have read noted Orckish authors about various subject matters and no matter what, they will circle back to that time where you were some Nazi.

MAXIM Potemkin, the clown gun writer circles back to me about Hungarian Nazis and the SS units and makes denial that Orckia ever invaded Hungary. Even makes referenced to 1956 Hungary and 1848 Hungary where THEY didn't really invade Hungary.


Circle back to your worst time that was done by little few and you have the moral high ground.
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They circle back to the Ukraine and their terror units as some valid reason to invade.

But they never talk about the evils they have done.

NEVA happened....we swear...all lies.

They say..

What pure and utter brain damaging bullshit.

As I said....grounded to powder, living in caves and wearing lion loins is what I want for them.


They were looking for fascist. 🙄..

Always the excuse.

You know. One of the things I love about Ukraine is the lack of political correctness in what you say, if your feelings are hurt it's your problem, and the lack of drama in the public eye. I'm glad i missed that.

That's the kind of information that gets a person's door kicked in here. We are not to share any photos or information unless it's approved. Loose lips sink ships.

Plenty of collaborators out there doing this and getting scooped up passing information.

Russian Magnesium ordinance being used.

?? Ugledar Donetsk region...

Last night pic.twitter.com/4T45sY7M2L

— Malinda \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6\uD83C\uDDF5\uD83C\uDDF1\uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDE6\uD83C\uDDEE\uD83C\uDDF9\uD83C\uDDE6\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDEA\uD83C\uDDE9\uD83C\uDDEA\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDEA (@TreasChest) March 11, 2023

The cynic in me still says that Biden hasn't come forth from the heart because he doesn't have one. As his strings are being pulled by the whomevers, and probably influenced by the Islam loving Obama, he doesn't really care what happens to Ukraine. If he did, from the beginning, instead of offering Zelensky and safe passage out of Ukriane, he would have pushed for support and by now, not still slow rolling out support. I hope politics forces the Biden Administration to someday actually roll out the support Ukraine needs and not just lip service. Until then, I wait.

Simpletons they thought it was a game. pic.twitter.com/ooUtpPtMp2

Paul Jawin  (@PaulJawin) March 11, 2023

Always keep an eye to the sky.

A Russian ZALA Lancet kamikaze drone strikes a British supplied Stormer HVM air defense system. This system is known to be working in the Vuhledar area. It is unclear what the damage to the system is. pic.twitter.com/HHGnbqPypZ

— NOËL \uD83C\uDDEA\uD83C\uDDFA \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@NOELreports) March 11, 2023

I seem to be busy with life or something, I'm down to reading one in four pages of this thread from one in three.  
Have we done this episode with Solovyov yet?

Russian state TV propagandists realize that nuclear threats aren’t deterring the West from supporting Ukraine and finally admit that Russia can’t defeat NATO.

More in my latest article for @cepa, linked below ??https://t.co/JggV5K0pjO

Julia Davis  (@JuliaDavisNews) March 10, 2023

What I find really interesting here is Solovyov talking about the need to calculate what level of resources is needed to meet the objectives. Which is what did NOT happen prior to the war. Or maybe they thought they did, but got all their assumptions wrong, which comes to the same thing. The planning calculations need to account for assumptions being wrong, which is how we get to what I think was called the Powell doctrine: don't bring the force you need, bring overwhelming force.

They also repeat the same story: we're fighting NATO, we're fighting to restore the historic lands of the Russian Empire. At one point, he asks what exactly is the extent of that, but nobody answers.