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    1. Jonah Goldberg‏Verified account @JonahDispatch 6 Mar 2019

      My kid’s got a test on WWI in the morning. Going over the Battle of Frontiers. Holy frijoles the casualties.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @JonahDispatch @JonahNro

      The French had like five whole Vietnam Wars in six weeks.

      5:52 PM - 6 Mar 2019
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        1. Russell Michaels, The Tall Man, Momotaros, Jinzo‏ @TGBED8v8 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          Have him watch “Blackadder” if he does well.pic.twitter.com/xvDHwM5yhi

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        1. Office of Pilot Punditry‏ @captainkudzu 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          Yeah, the casualties were horrific in WWII as well. Almost an entire generation of men in participating countries was either killed or maimed.

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        1. Kenneth Monahan‏ @Foudroyant 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          The Battle of Jutland alone was more than total US casualties in the GWOT.

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        1. Andrew S.‏ @shoutingboy 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          You can understand why the men who went through that ended up saying “Do we *really* care that much about Czechoslovakia?” until a little too late.

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        2. Justin‏ @KeystoneObsrvr 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          Considering the scale of their casualties it’s amazing the French Army was able to basically turn on a dime and counterattack at the Marne as they did.

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        3. Justin‏ @KeystoneObsrvr 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @KeystoneObsrvr @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          But yeah, a British liaison with the French Army in August 1914 wrote, “The sense of the tragic futility of it will never quite fade. many of these gallant officers thought it chic to die in white gloves.”

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        2. Mike Rathbone‏ @MikeRathbone86 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          The British had a Vietnam in ONE DAY at the Somme.

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        3. Nathan Sheppard‏ @natesheppard19 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @MikeRathbone86 @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          That's just so crazy

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        1. Phineas Fahrquar‏ @irishspy 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          I've been reading Martin Gilbert's history of ww1: statements on the order of "10,000 attacked, 7,000 were killed" aren't uncommon.

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        2. Phineas Fahrquar‏ @irishspy 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          John Keegan makes a good observation in his "The First World War:" the firepower of divisions by 1914 had far outstripped the ability of armies to control and direct it. There was slaughter, but it was often to no purpose because of primitive communications tech.

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        3. Farmer Ted‏ @commish_rwrffl 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @irishspy @baseballcrank @JonahNro

          Keegan's book is a great one. I also like Hew Strachan's and SLA Marshall. I found Martin Gilbert's a little unfocused.

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