tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post414432696465384708..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Losing the War: The Beginning of the End for Germanysnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-54684696378484644262018-07-24T03:25:26.828-07:002018-07-24T03:25:26.828-07:00I see the point about 1916. But I'm surprised...I see the point about 1916. But I'm surprised German industry couldn't turn around more quickly. Unlike WWII, they weren't being physically destroyed. Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-45085306975678809932018-07-24T02:56:15.926-07:002018-07-24T02:56:15.926-07:00Ricker's chart is using data in a most effecti...Ricker's chart is using data in a most effective manner. I doubt not that, additionally, there are thousands, if not millions of words of significance on the topic of riflemen at the front, but this one graph, I find completely compelling. LeeEBranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881546562002190280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-18041633804196117952018-07-23T21:00:09.116-07:002018-07-23T21:00:09.116-07:00A mix of reasons. They weren't necessarily co...A mix of reasons. They weren't necessarily convinced by the usefulness of tanks at first (1916 had shown them to be unreliable at best), and then by the time they were (1917) it was too late to ramp the program up.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920046092004136754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-79097445551695106172018-07-23T11:12:14.572-07:002018-07-23T11:12:14.572-07:00Excellent advice. Excellent advice. William Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340784654329100791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-76308179795827369022018-07-23T10:29:36.056-07:002018-07-23T10:29:36.056-07:00Thank you, Randy.Thank you, Randy.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-80354904401389168082018-07-23T10:27:11.092-07:002018-07-23T10:27:11.092-07:00Readers should look at David T. Zabecki's &quo...Readers should look at David T. Zabecki's "The German 1918 Offensives: A Case Study in the Operational Level of War" and Alexander Watson's "Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-18" for a better analysis on the Spring Offensives and the German collapse.Randy Gaulkehttps://meuse-argonne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-18381904345499744312018-07-23T10:22:39.928-07:002018-07-23T10:22:39.928-07:00That's a very useful and powerful graph. Remi...That's a very useful and powerful graph. Reminds me of Charles Joseph Minard's 1812 map/graph in terms of clear explanatory power.<br /><br />So why *didn't* the Germans produce more tanks? They certainly had the engineering know-how.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-5238012291096348662018-07-23T10:16:29.670-07:002018-07-23T10:16:29.670-07:00Very effective chart!Very effective chart!David Beernoreply@blogger.com