The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel I THE GREAT WAR Week 206
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The Battle of Hamel is considered as the first modern battle. Masterminded by Australian general John Monash, it included meticulous planning and integrated tanks, artillery, airplanes and infantry into one cohesive strategy.
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Our John Monash episode is a bit delayed, but it should be out next week. Sorry about that.
The Great War Germany, germany, germany.
The Great War ok np
C'mon, nothing to be sorry.
Thank you, he was the most competent general of the war
A small point: Technically, his parents were Prussian.
Monash was knighted by King George V on the battlefield. It was the first time in 200 years that a British monarch had honoured a commander in such a way............................. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery said of Monash: "I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front in Europe".
rolanddunk1950
Monash
Dude - SPOILERS! Wait a few weeks!
A campaign has been afoot to promote Sir John to field marshal, in recognition for his service on the Western Front in World War I. Unsuccessful for now.
Just to wet the appetite ... you ain't seen nothing yet!
Absolutely must happen.
Never heard of the Battle of Hamel before. Thanks for the education.
h lynn keith Australia contributed enormously to the GW. More than just Gallipoli. John Monash is an Australian hero. Prussian Jewish an Engineer by training, Knighted on the Battlefield.
When the troops at Hamel found that their commanders were taking steps to create new tactics to avoid the suicidal infantry charges it had to have had a tremendous positive effect on morale.
This is the episode every Australian was waiting for, the next 100 days is the coming of age of the Australian army
Not if I can counterattack
@@KonradvonHotzendorfrip into it Kon me boy.. 😉
The 4th of July 2018 marks 100 years since the battle of Le Hammel. This was the first time Australian and US troops fought side by side. They have done so now in every major conflict since.
There are anecdotes that many of the US troops who trained with the Aussies prior to the battle of Le Hammel that felt such affinity with their Australian comrades that when ordered away from the front before the battle, simply put on Australian uniforms.
Unfortunately for the reputation of the Americans, Pershing disobeyed the Australian command and sent his troops running away. The few Americans who stayed seemed to have developed a temporary deafness and didn’t hear the order from their coward general.
Monash planed for the battle to last for 90 minuets and was disappointed when it lasted 3 minuets longer
Must have had some slow pommy troops in his ranks!
Tell him to wait until the 30 min extra time and the penalty shootout
Got caught babysitting
They let the tea brew for three minutes before declaring victory.
Plans don’t survive in contact with the enemy-Moltke
I would just like to thank the team behind this show. I did my dissertation topic on a subject that was heavily intertwined with what you have gone through and it got me a 1st. Thanks lads.
One important omission relating to Hamel was that approx. 1,000 American troops fought alongside the Australians, and indeed under the command of the British Army (Australians) for the very first time, much to the chagrin of General of the Army, "Black Jack" Pershing.
Pershing and Patton had agreed to provide American troops for the Hamel attack. At the last minute they lost their nerve and ordered their troops to retreat. The 800 Americans who stayed to fight had somehow developed a collective deafness and didn’t hear the coward’s command. After the battle Foch invited Haig and Pershing to a celebration of the victory (All Australians were excluded) even though they had nothing to do with it.
@@seanlander9321Stay mad aussie
What I have been waiting for :) it is the Centenary of Mateship (the first time Australian and US troops fight together). My partners great great uncle died in the Battle of Hamel and i visited the battlefield last year. Amazing place! Here in Melbourne so many things are named after Monash and he is on our $100 note. He worked on the Princes Bridge that still stands in Melbourne as well.
Monash was a tactical genius!
Just to note there were American troops fighting at Hamel as well, some of them under the guidance of Australian NCOs. What they lacked in battlefield experience they made up for with courage under fire and enthusiasm.
There was supposed to be more but Pershing withdrew 6 companies on the day before the battle.
Pershing was a deplorable person, so typical of americans in power ... my way or no way.
Just to mention there were British troops artillery tanks aircraft and logistic support at Hamel
Oh hum...
@@anthonyeaton5153come on Ant, we all know how British units were misused and destroyed again and again. Don't begrudge us a little acknowledgement. For a
century it's been England, England, England, even out here. Place is still full of conservative monarchists..
We are a nation of sports people, we like to see the scores go up on the board is all.
Those of us who know, know the insanely hefty cost Britain paid. We volunteers shed some blood in Europe we couldn't afford.
@@anthonyeaton5153 Yes we know those useless dopes were there.
Another trivia: On June 30, XII Greek Regiment mutinies in Servia city’s camp (no relation with Serbia). Some 1000 soldiers deserted to their villages. The regiment was comprised completely of men from Achaea and Elis (Royalist strongholds). Officers were engaged in pro-royalist and anti-war propaganda. Also, the logistics of the unit were deplorable, and the soldiers were given rifles but not ammunition, as they were not trusted. So, they took the ammo by force and deserted.
The government’s forces chased the deserters for days. The court-martials which followed resulted in dozens of executions in the next three months. The commander of the unit, Colonel Pantelis Giannetakis was executed, as well, not because he took part in the mutiny, but because of his poor administration, his failure to keep order in the unit and the abandonment of his regiment after the mutiny was unfold.
Prussian Eagle Bitte!
V. Athanasiou Source?
Kevin Dong _"1915: The National Schism"_ of George Mavrogordatos", _"Thessaloniki during WW1"_ of Gabriel Syntomoros and _"History of the Greek Nation" vol. 15,_ by the Academy of Athens
V. Athanasiou Cool thanks man
Merci beaucoup! I like reading these things ;)
Great show everyone!
And now Mr. Monash is my newest hero. Hope to learn more
After the war he designed the electricity system for the state of Victoria. There is a university and a freeway in Victoria named for him (I worked at the university) and he is on the $100 bill.
Hey Indie can I get a shout out to the 2500 US soldiers who were "Embeded" with the Aussies at Hammel?
The date of July 4th was picked as a start date to motivate these men and if Monash is to be believed they and the Aussies considered each other "blood brothers" after this battle.
(Ref: Australian victories in France 1918 by John Monash)
I recently finished reading "Monashes Masterpiece" By Peter Fitzsimons. Excellent book on the batlle of Hamel
Peter Fitzsimons is just a dirty communist
There's a forest preserve in Shorewood, Illinois, named after Hamel (although it's been anglicized to "Hammel"). As far as I can tell, there were a lot of soldiers who joined up from that area of Will County who served at Hamel and, upon returning home, the woods that became the preserve reminded them of the woods around Hamel.
Wait… the Sultan died? And he was just an extra segment? Blimey.
He was a figurehead at this point. The Pashas truly ruled the OE
He was exiled to Salonika after he was finally forced to abdicate , the very same place Young Turk rebellion against his regime began.
Toby Wood He basically became just a footnote in someone else's history.
Big Indy has an on-screen charisma that other historians and presenters can only dream of. Keep it up, my man!
This episode was great! Indy swiftly covered many interesting topics in a comprehensive and erudite fashion. I especially liked hearing about the first successful in-action parachute survivor. I will have to research that pilot to see what happened to him following his history-making event. Everything after that must have felt somewhat like bonus time.
Both Sir John Monash and this particular millitary battle should be so much more well known and talked about.
It's so obvious to us nowadays to use all your capabilities at the same time in a ccoordinated effort. But some bloke had to actually come up with that and use it for the first time. Why don't all historians talk about this!
I love history. How has this channel not been suggested to me these past 5 years??
One of your best episodes Indy and crew !! 😁
Hi Indie! I have been waiting for Hamel.
Monash's Masterpiece: The battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world
Peter FitzSimons
Great work Indy, been following from the start! Pretty cool to see the start of Combined Arms fighting!
Great premise to your series. As a fellow who has written "time machine" news stories myself, I can appreciate how difficult it can be to write within the moment in time you are visiting. Nice work.
Get hit by artillery and be awarded medals while delivering chocolate to the Italians. This was modern war.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls
Very cool! I've switched allegiances now from the Central Powers to the Allies.
Mehmed VI after the war was exiled in a town in Italy called "Sanremo". That happens to be the town where I live in, very famous in Italy, mostly because of the local music festival held every year that goes on national tv and is always the most watched program, and the old Sultan's house, called Villa Magnolie, is now the school I go to
My basement flooded... watching The Great War and Terminator helps
Run down and yell at the water: "I'm Conrad von hötzendorf and I'll be back!"
Indiana Jones I started watching this series while cleaning my flooded basement last summer
Seems like your basement is having a taste of Passchaendele
Oh no, don't mention Hötzendorf; the pump will pack up and go home.
I hope you're ok!
John Monash deserves his own documentary! In this diarrhea of a war he was one of the capable and genius leaders of the war. The guys with humble beginnings have been more successful.
he actually has a school named after him which is pretty cool
@@myname7507 A University - Monash
He has his own documentary, and the 1st words of it are
“Anzac day, a uniquely Australian day.” It’s an exercise in BS.
I watch the commemorate centenary for this battle on ABC and i was waiting to see you post of the battle.
Dear Great War team,
I'm a 16 year old history buff, and I recently discovered not only you guys, but RUclips as well, I'm trying to catch up on videos, I'm on where Italy declared war, and when hearing the Central Powers ( Austo-German) attack on Psymel[ mind my spelling] being countered by the Russians, and I remembered about a Russian news story talking about the event calling it "Attack of the Dead Men", could you explain more about this.
Sincerely SDJW_2016
(Ps, I'm changing my RUclips channel name to the former)
I just saw yesterday what you might be talking about on "It's history" : ruclips.net/video/Kzzo0uRPaoQ/видео.html
SlyPearTree thanks, I'm just trying to have the Great War team to do a Out of the Trenches,
wow you were 12 when this all started. welcome aboard!
"Psymel"? You mean Przemyśl?
@@mikoajbachosz3673 I cringed at that one as well
It always amazes me with how unsafe 100 year old industry really was. 5:51 you got a guy operating a massive power hammer with no PPE
What really killed civilians during that time was contagious disease: tuberculosis, typhoid, smallpox, rheumatic fever, ... Infant and child mortality were falling, but they were still high by today's standards, and so many promising or accomplished adults were felled by disease.
+Steve Kaczynski
Ah...that weirdly explains some of kafka's literature
thanks to The Great War for another fantastic episode
Von Kuhlmann is crazy. Germany can totally win this with a military soultion. They are going to make a big break through any day now. 100 years from now everyone will laugh at how stupid he is, and the German empire will celebrate the fact his foolishness didn't happen. I can feel it :-D
I don't know man, the entente powers our gaining in strength...
But france is in its last legs
Yes, France will surrender. It will be just like 1870 guys, just wait and see. Any day now. Germany will break through.
France is still in a better position than Germany's allies. Also, France's war production actually peaked in 1918.
Death: I think that is the joke.
The smoke shells had another purpose besides obscuring the advance, in the weeks leading up to the attack the artillery had been including gas shells with smoke shells in a rate of about 1/9 of gas/smoke(if I remember correctly). This was given the name “conditioning fire”. It’s results was that on the day of the attack, many Germans were hindered by wearing gas masks, which reduced their accuracy and made it more difficult to breath.
Another well done episode .congrats👍👍👍
Indy and crew... A tour of the set and all props would be very interesting. And easy content.
YEAH MONASH!🇦🇺
Amazing ! Gives an insight of Ludendorff ignoring reality,
and all too conscious of the promises and assurances that he cannot deliver.
So much for Prussian efficiency.
Another great episode. Well done!
für der Grosse Krieg: Bravo Zulu
It should be mentioned that Monash planned the attack for July 4 in honour of the Americans under his command who were to take part. When Pershing found out the day before that the Americans were to take part in an offensive, rather than just gaining a bit of trench experience, he tried to have them withdrawn. He succeeded in having those in reserve removed, but Monash turned the Nelsonian blind eye with regard to those ready to go in the front line. Pershing was no doubt surprised when he was congratulated for the performance of the Americans after the battle.
Incorrect. He planned the attack for 2nd July. It was only when Sinclair-Mclagan the (British) commander of the 4th Australian Division requested two further days preparation that the date was changed. The date change being approved by Gen Sir Henry Rawlinson- overall commander of the operation.
Pershing caused more last-minute damage to Monash's battle-plan than Ludendorff did. Pershing didn't want his Americans to enter the fight until 1919, by which time the war had ended - largely thanks to the "colonials".
"The Allies showed a real cooperative spirit and a collective arrangement" (5:50) that contrasts with, let's say, the organization of the German Military Mission to the Ottoman Empire and the numerous small but real clashes between the militaries of both sides (Jerusalem, Turkey...), the most important of which being on the road to Tiflis in the Caucasus (see The French Counter Attack At Matz I THE GREAT WAR Week 203). Now this inspires me a question for OOTT !
Thank you for thus great video
AJP Taylor also called Monash the best general of the war.
Mehmed V dying is making me realize there is a huge lack of Ottoman "WHO DID WHAT" specials except for the one on Ataturk. I would love to see specials on guys like the Pashas and Mehmed V and VI, even if the latter two were comparatively irrelevant.
one on enver is needed. After all, hes the one who got the OE involved
Some of the best generals in the war were ones I never heard of.
1:00 I cann't hear "Erich Ludendorff" without repeating in a goofy voice, "Schludendorff".
Really awesome. Just Visited Hamel 3 days ago
Quintal ? According to Wikipedia, the quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units of either pounds or kilograms. It is commonly used for grain prices in wholesale markets in India, where 1 quintal = 100 kg.[1]
In British English, it referred to the hundredweight; in American English, it formerly referred to an uncommon measure of 100 kilograms.
Once again another great episode
Yes I would like to hear more about John Monash, but the only link in this entire series to this Australian icon has been replaced with an ad.
Monash may be the first commander to use modern combined arms warfare.
Is that not what the episode is about?
RmZD
Indeed. I'm putting it like that because I won't say that there weren't anyone who experimented with it before, but it seems he was the first to embrace it completely.
Contrary to the UK and Italy, which favored strategic bombing, the ww1 french air force was focused on battlefield support from 1916 on. Recon, strafing, target designation. Barring the independant division aérienne. As for the 60 tank spearheads, Estienne theorised it before. First modern british battle, sure. First ? Looks like another dubious claim.
No. That would be Arthur Currie, who developed the creeping barrage.
This is a misleading video because it misunderstands what modern warfare is really about (and focuses too much on the appearance of total warfare in WWII). Combined arms is merely one element while the form itself is much more complex. Arthur Currie also perfected shock troops and created the modern military structure which allowed for combined arms.
The significance of these changes cannot be understated. The creeping barrage acted both as a shield for the troops and suppression of the machine gunners. The Germans tend to see this in the same way, with true modern tactics developing from the Somme into 1917. And Vimy is where modern tactics truly arose on the Allied side with artillery, tanks, planes, tunnel mines, gas, trench raiding, etc. It was the major victory of the war and arguably the turning point.
Throughout 1917 and into 1918 he initiated several other developments, perhaps most notably the mass camouflage and diversion techniques which made the Amiens assault possible. But also in 1917, multiple formation attacks and countering the new German defensive doctrine.
Watch this to see how the changes developed (around 13:00 but the whole thing is interesting):
ruclips.net/video/mUtQlX-t8H4/видео.html
No, Currie didn't develop the Creeping Barrage, the British Artillery Officers had been experimenting with it for years. And also No - Monash didn't invent the Blitzkrieg either - sorry fellow Aussies. Look at what Monash did. His minute to the nth degree planning was to capture and hold specific targets/positions/lines. Blitzkrieg was all about devastating and overwhelming firepower (air and artillery) on specif points to smash a hole and pour fast lighter armour through to cutoff and surround pockets of resistance as fast as possible.
The use of tanks, air and artillery is the common denominator but its a very different tactic and philosophy.
3:48 ow!
Waw... Indy you talked so well about shortages, injustice and low industrial level economy levels that lead to mass starvation of peoples that, indeed, your description fits 100% the harsh reality of the Ottoman province of Mount-Lebanon !
I subscribed to this channel in June 1914 :) and have been an avid fan ever since.
I am thoroughly enjoying it. I am NOT looking forward to November!
What should Indy's costume be for the WW2 show?
I think the police inspector from Foyle's War would do just nicely.
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Hamel and Monash it is brilliant to see this covered by you. Another guy noted by his baldness whilst doing ads for hair restorer dismissed my claims about it. I will never watch him again and advise others to do the same. Switch to this guy, he does his homework although I disagree that Monash was from the outback because that's a little further out back from Monash's childhood home. Brilliant piece well covered.
I am bet that we are close to finish.. Looking forward for the outcome. No spoilers please. I think that after this it was smooth sailing from here to this day. Btw i'm from Finland.
One of the best episodes!
Such an engrossing series. Hope you guys are gonna give World War 2 similar treatment starting next year?
Please also note that the man who mostly didnt want him to assume command was one Keith Murdoch, that family has for to long tried to direct world politics.
Half of Melbourne named after the man and he's on the 100dollar bill. Suck it Murdoch!
Yes, but Bean later recognised and acknowledged Monash's talent, Murdoch didn't.
I've visited the stunning war memorial in Melbourne. And indeed monash is well honored in that area
Hello I wanted to ask if you could make a video where it is explained whether in World War I also on the Swiss border gas and other means that are harder to control have been used?
Hi, have you covered the battle of Vimy Ridge yet?
Hello Indy and team, greeting from Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia. Maybe you can explain about parachute and airdrops in aircraft fighting at World War 1.
For the next nation special on who did what in WW1 perhaps do Southern Rhodesia in WW1?
Boy that sounds interesting! NOT!
Jon Monash is definition of "jack-of-all-trades"
After Hamel, Foch put on a celebration of the victory that excluded any Australians. Haig and Pershing were the guests of honour despite them having nothing to do with the whole stunt.
Τhe Hemingway's novel farewell in arms is about this period of time In a charter described the execusion Italian's deserters
Monash invented Blitzkrieg!
For two weeks before the battle artillery fired smoke, HE and gas at the same time every night. German troops got used to putting on gas masks as a routine. On the night of the attack at the same time, artillery only fired smoke and HE in preparation. The Germans put on their gas masks as usual which greatly hampered their fighting ability and defense.
I have nothing intelligent to say. Great vid thumbs up.
I have a question for out of the trenches, did Bulgaria commit any big war time atrocities during the Great War. Thank you for such a great channel.
How has everyone’s day been?
It’s been great, how about you?
Better than the dudes in the trenches.
Shite tbh
It's ok. A bit boring, though.
Exhausting, thanks for asking, yours?
You can visit the scene of the Battle of Hamel, even some of the trenches. I recommend it to all visitors to the Western Front.
I was there in 1918. There is a memorial near the remains of Pear Trench where the Southern Cross and Stars and Stripes fly side by side.
Monash along with Arthur Currie and Edmund Allenby were best commanders of British Commonwealth if not best in Entante along with French D'Esperey (desperate Frankie)
Allenby masterminded the successful lighthorse charge at Beersheeba.
The midlands shell explosion was in Nottingham in a place called chilwell
Hello Great War channel crew. I noticed at 9:53 the claim of the "first successful parachute jump in action". I have mentioned to you folks before of the excellent memoir No Parachute by Arthur Gould Lee, which I read thirty years ago. The title comes from a complaint from Lee that airship crew were issued parachutes and yet airplane pilots were not. It is a grievance he repeats in a number of letters in the book. Surely someone had already successfully parachuted from an airship by this time?
I'm disappointed that you didn't check No Parachute out. It's a great book. Lee published another book later which I think was a revised version of No Parachute. I haven't read it yet.
edit: The whole parachute issue might deserve a special-I know you can only do so many of those.
From 26 to 12 million quintals, the quintal being 100 lbs, 112 lbs or 100 kgs?
Monash was not knighted in the field. He was knighted in the Kings New Year's honours of January 1918. It was for leadership of 3rd Australian Division in 1917. The King did visit him at his HQ to invest him but it was not on the battlefield. For a balanced view of Monash and Hamel watch Aaron Pegram's talk on the AWM RUclips channel.
Absolutely incorrect. Monash was knighted at his french HQ by the king. Literally 'in the field'. There are even photographs of the event.
@@wizofoz0605 he was knighted in the New Years honours list of January 1918 and was entitled to be called Sir John. You can look it up in the Gazzette notices if you like. He was invested in the field and yes there are pictures even moving ones. All for a balanced view of Monash and get rid of this outsider who won the war bollocks.
@@markhume3503 Tens of thousands of Australians were killed fighting for Britain in World Wars 1 and 2, and yet when the Japanese advanced on Singapore and Australia was felt to be under threat, Churchill's answer was a one-fingered salute. If Britain is ever under threat again, they might actually have to fight their own war - Bad Luck, Poms.
Indy I just want to correct you that John Monash was from Melbourne rather than anywhere in regional or outback of Australia. He also helped train and command U.S. troops earlier in their battle experience. It was also the beginning of U.S./Australian alliance actions. Monash is seen as one of Australia's best commanders. One of his greatest critics named Bean*(journalist and later designed the war memorial in Canberra) later admitted that if Monash had commanded higher and earlier Australian success would have been higher and casualties lower.
Sime Thornton maybe the "outback" line because Monash grew up in Jerilderie.
Mark Hume yeah but anywhere outside of the cities, most non Australians call the outback. Anyway Monash did help stop idiotic wasteful tactics.
Sime Thornton wel i dud have a mate that argued anywhere west of Homebush was outback. Bean had the udea for the AWM but he didnt design it.
@@markhume3503 No, he grew up in Melbourne, but lived in Jerilderie for a short time as a boy.
@@wizofoz0605 umm lived as a boy and grew up is different, interesting.
Don't mind me, just chewing some popcorn in anticipation for the Battle of Baku...
The explosion was at the National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, Nottingham. The remains of the unidentifiable bodies are buried in the churchyard at St Mary's, Attenborough.
Nice preview to WW2.
Hamel was a great triumph for Monash and the Australian troops. Pretty much EVERY harsh lesson they had learned in preceding years of the war came into play.
There were also British troops and also `French and Canadian troop at Hamel. Most of all there was almost perfect artillery which was the real Victor. Remember artillery takes the ground infantry occupy it. It was an artillery war.
Guys, I have a feeling that Germany might lose.
Prussian Eagle thank you for reassuring me in the Kaiserreich's victory.
That is because you are a defeatist!
Burn the communist agitator!
How? The Allies are so far from Berlin!
I don't think so. It's Germany's war to win, but if the allies finally smarten up and run a 20th century war, well, anything could happen.
2:29 The map has not been updated.
The name of the city of Compiègne is missing (west of Coeuvres) and the land gained by Germany during Operation Gneisenau is also missing.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Western_front_1918_german.jpg?uselang=fr
I can’t wait for the episode on the Battle of Amiens
Will Kirkpatrick That will be the inflextion point, I can feel it.
Question: Will this series end with the Armistice or will it continue with major events following the Great War?
nah Man Spin-offs rarely ever work
Check out indys other channel, he's doing the inter war years right now!
what other channel?
Roger Coulombe TimeGhostHistory
I want to see this channel go on to the aftermath of the war like the Russian civil war
No, for that go to Timeghosts. There they have a series called (betwen the wars) it has all that infomation : )
Yes, a lot of people tried to prevent John Monash from advancing through the ranks. But one of the few who kept vouching for him in 1914 so he eventually got his first command was actually general sir Ian Hamilton, the guy who famously bungled up the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. History is never neat and tidy.
what is the title of the newspaper lying in front of Indy?
Could you make a special episode on famines during the war? Including the one in Iran if possible?
In this war, desperation is everywhere. At the front lines or even at homes. War affects everyone.
Hi Indy,
Finally caught up after finding the series three weeks ago, amazing. I was wondering: for both the battle of this week as the German one following Bruchmuller's new artillery method, focus seems to lie almost exclusively on the enemies artillery. But in the battles of 1915-1917 the most heard reasons for failure of an attack seemed to be failure to destroy the barbed wire. What changed? Where the tanks enough? If so, then what did the Germans do to handle the barbed wire problem, since they didn't have many tanks?
Hi Indy and Crew, can you guys do a special bio episode on George M. Cohan and his works during the war?
Also, the Ottomans had fought 3 years of war before the First World War in the Balkan wars. Also the main Ottoman coal area of Zonguldak had been under Russian blockade while Russia was in the war and there were not enough ships to transport coal from Zonguldak to Constantinople (this was over now.)
Are you guys going to do a similar series on WW2?
Monash was a great general may be dependent on your perspective, if you were a victim of his strategy you might not agree.but then I guess he really did make a difference, all you need is a plan sometimes to break the stalemate.
If you were a victim of his strategy you have the benefits of it being over quick and a higher chance of being captured alive. Quick advance under mechanised support, breakthrough the lines and surround the enemy strongpoints.