''Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's

Who even said this? This phrase is a monument to stupidity alright.

>>3183264
But get this
*conquers your fort*
who has the upper hand now?

>>3183252
Why do Americans think Neuschwanstein has anything to do with fortifications?

>>3183252

Considering that castles and forts dominated the landscape of Europe for hundreds of years, whoever said that is a retard.

>>3183264
Patton
Not really the brightest fella that's for sure

>>3183252
Whoever said that was a retard.

>>3183285
>Patton
well, that's fine. Why would you build a castle in the 20th century? That certainly WOULD be retarded

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>>3183300
>he thinks we stopped building fortifications
No anon, you are the retard

>>3183311
FIXED fortifications numbnuts

>>3183252
>staying in one place is dumb
sometimes maybe, other times the only winning move is not to play.

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>>3183313
What's the point of building broken fortifications?

>>3183252
t. Genghis Khan

>>3183252
Bastions of civilization, however brute it may be

>>3183329
HÖH HÖH HÖH

>>3183300
>fixed fortifications r dumb lmao
>can't even take a fixed fortification
what did Patton mean by this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Driant

Patton said this in an era when fixed fortifications were dying and warfare was becoming a mobile affair. He wasn't wrong.

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>>3183252

>Maneuver warfare NOT trench warfare, okay?

What did he mean by this?

>>3183392
Freedom of movement on the battlefield ain't free.

>>3183272
But, anon.
Now you own the fort.