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johan_steele said:No, a professional soldier once told me that battles are won in the will and in the mind. If a general thinks he is beaten he is and if he has lost the will to fight he has lost.
Apparently, the Seven Days battles and Chancellorsville were both used as examples of this in Soviet Military academies... scary thought eh?
Shane made the above comment in the what if thread What if Hooker hadn't been stunned at Chancellorsville?
Two points,
Shane, what was your source for for the comment on the Soviet Military Academies?
Has anyone else come across such references in their WWII or other military history reading.
I'll start off,
The Iron Cavalry by Ralph Zumbro, extensively describes similarities between WWI+ WWII arty tactics of Rommel replicating Forrests HA action at Brices Crossroads Miss 1864, Cossack cavalry emulating the union cavalry raids but applying them to breaking german armor and other relevant chapters.
Respectfully,
Matt