Talk:Cult of the offensive

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[edit] Ferdinand Foch

Doesn't the page on Foch say that he was against the cult of the offensive, and that he was horrified that people used his ideas to support them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.200.52 (talk) 02:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Schlieffen Plan - cult of the offensive?

To characterise the Schlieffen Plan as an example of the cult of the offensive is to miss the key strategic element of the plan. The aim was to avoid fighting on two fronts by securing victory in the west before Russia could complete mobilisation. Rjm at sleepers 06:36, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

This is, however, what our refs state: [1].-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  14:30, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

That reference says, "The Schlieffen Plan, names after the Chief of Staff who took the position in 1909, envisioned a rapid victory against Belgium and France, giving German forces time to move across to the East in order to confront Russia before it had time to fully mobilise." Incidentaly, the writer of that reference does not actualy agree that the cult of the offensive was a primary cause of World war I. Rjm at sleepers 06:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)