Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIn Saving Private Ryan they land on normandy with boats that open from the front and everyone pours out. Did the people in the front not know they would most likely be shot instantly?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down12
arrow-up126arrow-down1message-squareIn Saving Private Ryan they land on normandy with boats that open from the front and everyone pours out. Did the people in the front not know they would most likely be shot instantly?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squaregramielinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoA I recently learned that sacrificing large numbers of soldiers for little or no gain is a Russian tactic that goes back centuries. Apparently, in the Napoleonic wars, sending soldiers forward to die was known as “combat a la Russe”.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoNot a military historian but this doesn’t pass a basic smell test lol
A I recently learned that sacrificing large numbers of soldiers for little or no gain is a Russian tactic that goes back centuries. Apparently, in the Napoleonic wars, sending soldiers forward to die was known as “combat a la Russe”.
Not a military historian but this doesn’t pass a basic smell test lol