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[โ€“] somename@hexbear.net 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It can't be discounted the amount of luck they had early on, as well.

[โ€“] Bloobish@hexbear.net 0 points 7 hours ago

Yup, biggest thing is that their attack, though expected by quite a few powers, came out of left field and add in the rushing forward on armies still using cavalry units and the early massive land grab via Germany makes sense