In both the Boer War and the American Civil War, in which static trench warfare was first developed, and in which over three million men were killed or wounded by weapons, such as the Springfield rifle, which was considerably inferior to the Lee-Enfield (GB) or Mauser (Germany) used in the latter conflict, together with the machine gun, poison gas and more powerful, accurate artillery meant that casualties were almost assured in the Great War, and dissatisfaction or disillusionment rendered the earlier tactics outdated, if not obsolete. ...

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As the bombs continued to fall and the fires continued burn a question arose from the rubble of what was once Germany. The question was how to deal with Germany. Germany was responsible for the start of World War II and they were partially responsible for the start of World War I. Since Germany has ...

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