View Single Post
  #7  
Old 07-25-2011, 02:35 AM
95th Rifleman 95th Rifleman is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK
Posts: 412
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
The real crime was not acknowledging it was a lost cause early on and continuing to waste men in a hopeless attempt to force the way inland against prepared positions and heavy fire.
That sin was a trademark of British operations throughout WW2. There was a view that if we could throw enough men at a problem we would make it go away.
__________________
Better to reign in hell, than to serve in heaven.
Reply With Quote