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The Acid Test of Combat.
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This episode discusses the early parts of a conflict being the acid test of combat, tactics, and strategy, where they can see if all the hype before a conflict breaks out lives up to it once the conflict does. It also touches on quantifiable versus unquantifiable war elements seen during World Wars I and II.
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