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Old 04-30-2004, 05:16 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
Gallipoli was quite good, but rather gung-ho and romanticized at the same time...
Gung-ho and romanticized? It's about how English commanders were unable to adapt to the introduction of the machine gun and shift to trench warfare tactics, costing thousands of unnecessary lives. It's not that romantic a view, and it condemns the gung-ho attitude.
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