Originally Posted by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov Originally Posted by

There are a few other problems, mainly involving the way units behave on the battlefield.



1. Utter fearlessness of soldiers involved. Men climbing over breastworks for a better shot and dying, when they should be cowering behind it. Units being cut down from 800 to 200 men, then reforming and attacking again. Gunners charging the enemy. Men marching through shelling as if nothing had happened and their ears were ringing for no reason. World War 1 armies were not suicidal like this.