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To: drzz

Everything else I said is true. They died of Custer’s miscalculation of the enemy forces and some bad management decisions, including how Custer related to his officers.

Underestimating the enemy is always a bad thing.

Getting seriously outflanked is also a bad thing.

Doing it when undermanned in an indefensible location is a bad thing too...


21 posted on 05/10/2007 5:58:38 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Underestimating the enemy is always a bad thing.

Getting seriously outflanked is also a bad thing.

Doing it when undermanned in an indefensible location is a bad thing too...

All lessons that the German Sixth Army re-learned at Stalingrad, 65 years later.

26 posted on 05/10/2007 6:01:22 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

It is not true, sorry.

Custer said that he would find 1’500 warriors, and there were 1’500 warriors.

Caryz Horse never flanked Custer, Custer died by waiting for Benteen and Reno after a two-hours battle.

The location wasn’t indefensible, the took a stand for more than two hours there.


28 posted on 05/10/2007 6:01:53 AM PDT by drzz
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