One of the bloodiest battles in history. I was reading a book by Osprey about the order of battle; found that this battle together with the battle of the Somme bled the flower of French, British and German manpower dry.
The casualties suffered were horrendous, as machine guns and artillery mowed down rows and columns of men trying to advance to attack the enemy's trench, in only a few yards.
The enormous casualties degenerated the belligerents to trench warfare as both sides lack the manpower for offensive campaign.
The rules of maneuver warfare of double envelopment or flanking attack were negated to suicidal frontal attacks.
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