Didn’t Sherman have some retort about this — if memory serves European observers didn’t quite understand the continental nature of the war
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Or the changes in doctrine necessitated by rifled weapons
aug 30, 2025, 4:04 pm • 12 0 • view
European armies didn’t cover themselves in glory during Crimean war which I believe had widespread usage of rifle weapons
aug 30, 2025, 4:33 pm • 7 0 • view
True, the Light Brigade found out about that the hard way
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A lot of the issues with histories of the Crimean war is that English speaking sources tend to focus on the British army rather than the far more competent French.
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