Dave85 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I think we could place the blame largely on the American method of troops replacement. Anonymous green individual soldiers (and officers) dribbling piecemeal into units caused war-weary veterans to not trust their units ability to back them up, and the green troops didn't trust veterans willingness to go to bat for them. This may not sound like a big problem til you realize some e 'tip of the spear' units had more than 100% casualty rates. That means a central core of 8-10 surviving veterans keeping their heads down while green troops keep rotating in and making the same mistakes over and over. I believe a couple of the divisions that landed in early june suffered over 200% casualty rates by wars end if my memory serves. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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