1. Carnage in the name of religion
This tactic rarely worked as fortifications were built to withstand such intense bombing, as well in the case of the Allied army, a majority of their bombs were duds, badly constructed and ineffective. As what had become a custom of allied strategy, a major bombardment was planned eight days before the battle would begin. The expectation of the bombardment was too completely knock out German trenches, enabling allied troops to cross no mans land and capture the German front lines. Not only did these expectations fall short, but also ten minutes before the troops were to go over the top, a mine exploded ten minutes too early. This took out all elements of any surprise attack. At seven thirty am on July 1st British troops attacked the waiting Germans, and with the bombardment a huge failure by not cutting any barbed wire, over fifty eight thousand British soldiers were killed or wounded on only the first day of fighting. Fierce fighting continued for months, before Haig thought that the Germans were on the brink of exhaustion, so he continued the offensive at Somme until November when bad weather caused the stoppage of the second battle of Ypres. The allied troops only advanced twelve kilometers, costing the British an estimated four hundred and twenty thousand casualties, well the Germans casualties were estimated at over five hundred thousand. During this battle certain policies were taken up, Allied and German troops both rose an hour before dawn to guard against an early attack. Even though both sides adopted this policy, most attacks were timed at dawn; this shows the stupidity of Generals and other commanding officers. The Somme was fought to take away pressure from the French in Verdun. Many people criticized Haig for taking such a major offensive and suffering many casualties. I believe that if he had not fought the battle of the Somme that Germany would have captured Verdun and eventually France.
The novel Carnage and Culture written by Victor Davis Hanson whom is a military historian and professor at California State University gives a new perspective on why the West always wins their wars. ... Furthermore, the title Carnage and Culture best illustrates Hanson's theory on the western culture. ... Carnage and Culture written by Victor Davis Hanson provides the insight of the Western way of warfare and the cultural influence on the soldiers and Western armies. ...
Carnage and Culture, written by Victor David Hanson, is a very informative and intellectually honest work that was capable of tackling some of the touchiest subjects regarding the history of Western warfare by professors and historical authors alike. Also taking a method which has been seen to be somewhat loathed by critics, he has made Carnage and Culture work in such a fashion that Jean Bethke Elshtain, author of Women and War wrote that, ˜ Hanson is courting controversy again with another highly readable, lucid work Together with John Keegan, he is our most interesting historian of ...
There were no bodies or carnage of the realities of war, but in actuality this was a marketing scheme designed specifically to deceive the public and glorifying the acts of war. ... Nevinson's, The Harvest of Battle, presented the trenches and more importantly the carnage that the war has brought. ... Since the truthful depictions were not really released or circulated until after the war was actually over, it would have been appalling to me, but sine that war was already over, I would hope that I would have realized the carnage that comes with war and push for a peaceful solution going f...
True, none of the parties made the carnage on our roads a campaign platform - it's hardly glamorous and it's not much in the way of a vote-getter, and it would be churlish to nit-pick as Thaksin Shinawatra enjoyed his finest hour, but the issue does warrant serious attention by our new government. ... This is supposed to be a time of celebration, not suffering, and yet we seem to take this annual ritual carnage for granted. ...
The United States and Nato should be held responsible for the carnage in Bosnia. ... If they would have even helped for a very short period of time the chaos would have stopped, so the United States and Nato should be held responsible for the carnage in Bosnia. ...
Traveling along with the 2nd Ranger Battalion, the viewer is introduced to a modern day realistic view of the carnage that met these brave soldiers. ... Special effects makeup artists went out of their way to ensure a very real look at the carnage of the war. ... It is, however, a very graphic depiction of the overall carnage of war. ...
To the veterans who flew the Enola Gay or fought in the war, the plane and what it did were cause to shed tears of relief and realization because they suddenly had fututes and had no longer to deal with the anxiety and carnage of being on the front lines. ... To some, the Enola Gay represents excess force resulting in excess carnage; some consider it a necessary evil that was the best choice among the worst and most difficult options; and some feel completely justified in their/ our actions because it put a quick end to the war. ...
The hatred that started at the end of Afghan-Russia war, gained momentum by the events of Gulf war, fired by the massacres of Bosnia, increased by the destruction of Chechnya, fueled by the forced mass migrations of the Kosovar Albanians, Intensified by the horrors of Dagestan and again Chechnya and of course kept up by the constant violations and destruction of Palestinians and Kashmiris, brought the 9/11 carnage. ... The western people, immediately after the carnage of 9/11, were screaming for blood (just as we would have) but soon the passions subsided and common sense began to take ho...