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Usernametaken112 t1_j28ippq wrote

Reply to comment by krieger82 in Did Italy made a mistake by joining the Entente in 1915 during World War One? by Top_Moment4144

You're caught up on the number "3 million" as if quantity of bodies is the deciding difference in strength between combatants. That's not how war works at all.

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J_Bard t1_j28ve72 wrote

3 million soldiers isn't a number you can just brush off as irrelevant either, though.

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Arisdoodlesaurus t1_j2ejnwa wrote

Its not irrelevant. Three million soldiers on a whole new front definitely did impact the war albeit lightly considering the fact that the CP were doomed at the onset. By 1916 any sign of CP victory was absent

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Usernametaken112 t1_j291s32 wrote

I never said nor implied it's irrelevant. I said it's not the defining factor of a militaries strength. Not sure why you're assuming it's either everything, or nothing.

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