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The Death Of The Austro-Hungarian Army 1916 (Brusilov Offensive Documentary)
the Great War ^

Posted on 04/18/2024 12:52:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The start of the Brusilov Offensive was the most successful Russian military operation during the First World War. It crippled the Austro-Hungarian Army and forced the Germans to divert troops from Verdun. But the Brusilov Offensive ultimately was a failure and cost the Russian's an enormous amount of men. What went wrong?

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TOPICS: History; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: austrohungary; brusilov; ruspride; russia; stalinstronk; ww1; wwi

1 posted on 04/18/2024 12:52:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

If Diversity Is Our Strength, then Austria-Hungary would have won WWI.


2 posted on 04/18/2024 12:54:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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If Diversity Is Our Strength, then Austria-Hungary would have won WWI.

Britian and France had more diverse armies. They recruited Asian and African troops from their colonies.


3 posted on 04/18/2024 1:24:46 PM PDT by Angelino97
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Extraneous political agendas are a military death wish. So are pre-conceived notions.

If diversity were a weakness, General Brusilov’s superior tactics would have floundered.

Russia is diverse. Ukraine is diverse. Israel is also diverse.

Diversity must be managed and sometimes used. But it remains an extraneous political agenda. And only pragmatic focus is an intrinsic strength.


4 posted on 04/18/2024 1:45:15 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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