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"You know what's gonna happen? I'll tell you what's gonna happen. Troops are now forming behind the line of trees. When they come out, they'll be under enemy long-range artillery fire. Solid shot. Percussion. Every gun they have. Troops will come out under fire with more than a mile to walk. And still, within the open field, among the range of aimed muskets. They'll be slowed by that fence out there, and the formation - what's left of it - will begin to come apart. When they cross that road, they'll be under short-range artillery. Canister fire. Thousands of little bits of shrapnel wiping the holes in the lines. If they get to the wall without breaking up, there won't be many left. A mathematical equation... But maybe, just maybe, our own artillery will break up their defenses. There's always that hope. That's Hancock out there, and he ain't gonna run. So it's mathematical after all. If they get to that road, or beyond it, we'll suffer over fifty percent casualties. But, Harrison... I don't believe my boys will reach that wall."
He was only half right.
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>>3034692
I've always wondered if AngloAmericans' experiences in this battle and in the famous charge of the light brigade are part of why we survived wwi so well. Were we exposed to the horrors of war and thus, at a cultural level, we didn't go into wwi with the expectations of traditional glory. At least amongst the culturally influential people?
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>>3034989
We "survived wwi so well" because we were only in it for a year.
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