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Refferred to as the War to end all Wars, the tremendous bloodletting was on a scale unheard of in human history. From incomtent generals who wantonly sacrificed men to their deaths from Bloody Butcher Haig to the Blowhard Joffre. Was there any way tactics could have been developed to minimize the massive casualty levels without experimenting with beating one's head against a wall for 4 years hoping for a different result? Maybe not mass one's troops so tightly in theatres where an Offensive was obvious? Maybe limit one's objectives instead of all these grand plans that would deal a deathstroke on their opponents? Maybe a more numerous and better trained Red Cross? Maybe both sides could wait it out until the blockade starves either side into surrender or a game changing weapon could be developed and manufactured in enough numbers to tip the scales?
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