Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: amdcad!bnr-fos!.uucp!hwt@watmath.waterloo.edu (Henry Troup) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Learning in War Message-ID: <9864@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 3 Oct 89 13:05:58 GMT References: <27388@amdcad.AMD.COM> <27442@amdcad.AMD.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ltd., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 23 Approved: military@att.att.com From: amdcad!bnr-fos!.uucp!hwt@watmath.waterloo.edu (Henry Troup) In article <27442@amdcad.AMD.COM> adrian%cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK (Adrian Hurt) writes: > >That's an example of what I mean. The Germans formulated a whole new theory >of war (blitzkrieg). The French (and everyone else, for that matter) couldn't >make up defence plans against blitzkrieg until someone had shown them what it >was. Well, actually Basil Liddell-Hart invented blitzkrieg - or at least modern mobile warfare. Also, a careful observation of the Spanish Civil War would have given a lot of information about WWII tactics - ahead of time. But no one did listen/see until their noses were rubbed in it. So add me to the party that says armies don't learn until forced to it. I believe it was to do with the age of the generals, and the wars that they fought in. utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!hwt%bnr-public | BNR is not | All that evil requires hwt@bnr.ca (BITNET/NETNORTH) | responsible for | is that good men do (613) 765-2337 (Voice) | my opinions | nothing.