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steven brown · 4 June 2009, 06:22 PM

Sagittarius,
Thanks for your thoughts. I was not saying that the Jastas should have been as aggressive as the British, and in my first post of this thread, I expressed my surprise at how well they held on in late 1917, but I do feel that they should have intervened more often over the front lines to disrupt the British gun spotters and ground strafers. I understand that their resources were limited and that they were doing what they felt they must, but the RFC attacks on the German ground troops were very distructive. It accomplishes nothing to save resources if you lose. Maybe I just do not realize how bad their supply situation was. I have not yet read much about 1918, but it seems the Jastas were much more aggressive then, at least on the French/American front.

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steven brown Scout Pilot Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 342	Sagittarius, Thanks for your thoughts. I was not saying that the Jastas should have been as aggressive as the British, and in my first post of this thread, I expressed my surprise at how well they held on in late 1917, but I do feel that they should have intervened more often over the front lines to disrupt the British gun spotters and ground strafers. I understand that their resources were limited and that they were doing what they felt they must, but the RFC attacks on the German ground troops were very distructive. It accomplishes nothing to save resources if you lose. Maybe I just do not realize how bad their supply situation was. I have not yet read much about 1918, but it seems the Jastas were much more aggressive then, at least on the French/American front.