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== [[Real Life]] == |
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* The reason for the notion's popularity was [[World War I]], when Napoleonic style of warfare died because machineguns made an open massed advance suicidal, and artillery made field fortification necessary, so everyone had to adapt quickly. |
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** …and then [[World War II]], |
** …and then [[World War II]] came, and those who expected another [[World War I]] were introduced to the concepts of mobile warfare and air war. |
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** …except those who paid attention to [[Red October]] and wars in which Soviet Union was entangled, including [[Spanish Civil War]]: most high-ranked Red Army commanders participated in both last big wars, obviously considered ''their'' last and victorious big war "the way to do it right", and hopelessly mired WWI abhorrent — and taught others this way. Which in turn led to promoting [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|very aggressive style]] that worked in highly mobile warfare, but was ill-prepared for adequate defence whenever "good offence" was not the best response. |
** …except those who paid attention to [[Red October]] and wars in which the Soviet Union was entangled, including the [[Spanish Civil War]]: most high-ranked Red Army commanders participated in both last big wars, obviously considered ''their'' last and victorious big war, "the way to do it right", and hopelessly mired WWI abhorrent — and taught others this way.<!--No idea what this last bit was meant to say, can someone clarify?--> Which in turn led to promoting [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|a very aggressive style]] that worked in highly mobile warfare, but was ill-prepared for adequate defence whenever "good offence" was not the best response. |
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