tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post8224205587403667682..comments2024-03-28T02:55:09.211-07:00Comments on The Games We Play: Battle of the IsonzoMartin Rapierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-88789849533721795562021-03-14T00:50:57.506-08:002021-03-14T00:50:57.506-08:00I recently read "Underland" by Robert Ma...I recently read "Underland" by Robert MacFarlane, and he spends are fair amount of time in the Julian Alps. They are a rabbit Warren of tunnels, gun emplacements etc carved out of the limestone above the Isonzo. We cycled there a few years ago, and it certainly isn't somewhere I'd want to fight a war. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-77135612517595702452021-03-14T00:47:51.494-08:002021-03-14T00:47:51.494-08:00Well, there is always that hope that handful of su...Well, there is always that hope that handful of survivors will hang on somehow. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-9650259988818031732021-03-13T10:25:51.938-08:002021-03-13T10:25:51.938-08:00"Because it was there"."Because it was there".John Armatyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442089058199108869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-17326700361686344812021-03-13T09:29:09.017-08:002021-03-13T09:29:09.017-08:00Or to put Pete's point another way - if the so...Or to put Pete's point another way - if the soup is at the bottom of the hill, why go to the top?Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-4082573638932875282021-03-13T08:34:41.850-08:002021-03-13T08:34:41.850-08:00Great game- really enjoyed it and it did drive hom...Great game- really enjoyed it and it did drive home the lesson of WW1 that is you can't consolidate your gains there was almost no point in making them in the first place....<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.com