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This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:35 pm
by ojnab_bob
Accordingly, I authorize General von Falkenhayn to attack with 70 divisions along a thirty-mile front! WE WILL TAKE VERDUN!
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:26 am
by FrankHunter
Do you really want to take Verdun or just pull the other side into your arty killing ground?
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:49 pm
by CSSS
Yes I agree Verdun was NOT supposed to have been taken!
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:56 pm
by FrankHunter
Not originally. But that doesn't seem to have been communicated from Falkenhayn all the way down.
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:01 pm
by 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! [:)]
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:17 pm
by dricard
it's time to make an update.
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:15 pm
by 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?
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:46 am
by Dirtdog20
It could if they issued a call for Beta testers. Hint, hint, hint.
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:33 am
by ojnab_bob
All quiet on the Western Front... I'll check in here in the late spring.
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:42 pm
by Troutworld
Will I need tweezers to handle my huge stacks of counters?
RE: This forum's communications have returned to a stalemate
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:06 am
by 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