[lit-ideas] Re: Virility and Slaughter
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:06:37 -0500
Another reason why trench warfare was supplanted by Blitzkrieg is
technological.
Blitzkrieg didn't really come into its own until rapid, mobile platforms
were technically possible in WW2.
Note that the idea is to limit engagement along lines of combat. The
longer the line or time of an engagement,as in WWI, the more casualties.
Technology drives warfare to more limited engagement with the enemy.
Trench warfare kills more than Blitzkrieg.
Blitzkrieg by itself kills more than Blitzkrieg plus "smart bomb
technology."
(Of course this only applies to conventional battles, not to total war
with weapons of mass destruction. I don't think I should have to qualify
this, but I might as well put it here.)
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