This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate

[ojnab_bob]

Accordingly, I authorize General von Falkenhayn to attack with 70 divisions along a thirty-mile front! WE WILL TAKE VERDUN!

[FrankHunter]

Do you really want to take Verdun or just pull the other side into your arty killing ground?

[CSSS]

Yes I agree Verdun was NOT supposed to have been taken!

[FrankHunter]

Not originally. But that doesn't seem to have been communicated from Falkenhayn all the way down.

[ojnab_bob]

Certainly von Falkenhayn envisioned an attritive struggle "to bleed the French white"; his memoirs state that even after the war, he believed that a favorable 5:2 casualty ratio had been achieved. However, I believe taking Verdun was a "bonus" objective -- the seizure of Verdun would help secure the rail lines parallel to the German front line and stabilize their position in France, as well as deal a huge public-relations blow to the French government.

In any event, this thread has prompted posting on the forum with relation to WW1, so I believe the offensive has succeeded! [:)]

[dricard]

it's time to make an update.

[Phisto]

ORIGINAL: ojnab_bob

In any event, this thread has prompted posting on the forum with relation to WW1, so I believe the offensive has succeeded! [:)]

And with fewer than 400,000 casualties! Can it get any better?

[Dirtdog20]

It could if they issued a call for Beta testers. Hint, hint, hint.

[ojnab_bob]

All quiet on the Western Front... I'll check in here in the late spring.

[Troutworld]

Will I need tweezers to handle my huge stacks of counters?

[oi_you_nutter]

long periods of boredom followed by short periods of terror.. the Great War and this forum

keep up the good work Frank, we will wait patiently...

... ok, make that impatiently