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    From Louis Epstein@le@main.lekno.ws to alt.history.what-if on Mon Mar 6 22:29:37 2023
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    How many impactful military leaders have died as a result
    of wayward attacks from their own side?

    The Confederates,for example,lost A.S. Johnston and Stonewall
    Jackson just in the first years of the Civil War.

    Who else would have been consequential had their subordinates
    had better targeting intel?

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  • From Rich Rostrom@rrostrom@comcast.net to alt.history.what-if on Tue Mar 7 04:23:51 2023
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    On 3/6/23 4:29 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
    The Confederates,for example,lost A.S. Johnston and Stonewall
    Jackson just in the first years of the Civil War.


    Jackson, yes, but I have never seen any claim or suggestion
    that Johnston was hit by friendly fire.
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  • From Louis Epstein@le@main.lekno.ws to alt.history.what-if on Wed Mar 8 01:54:27 2023
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    Rich Rostrom <rrostrom@comcast.net> wrote:
    On 3/6/23 4:29 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
    The Confederates,for example,lost A.S. Johnston and Stonewall
    Jackson just in the first years of the Civil War.


    Jackson, yes, but I have never seen any claim or suggestion
    that Johnston was hit by friendly fire.

    Do some more reading,then.
    He was hit from behind (while not facing his army)
    by a bullet of a type his army had and the Union didn't.

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  • From Rich Rostrom@rrostrom@comcast.net to alt.history.what-if on Fri Mar 10 11:55:42 2023
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    On 3/6/23 4:29 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
    How many impactful military leaders have died as a result
    of wayward attacks from their own side?

    There were rumors that Charles XII of Sweden was killed by
    "friendly fire".

    Italian Marshal Italo Balbo was killed when his transport
    was shot down by Italian flak over Tripoli.

    US general Leslie McNair was killed by bombs falling short
    during the opening phase of Operation COBRA.

    US Col. David Marcus, who became Israel's first general
    under the _nom de guerre_ of "Mickey Stone", was killed
    by a Haganah sentry.

    The Confederates,for example,lost A.S. Johnston and Stonewall
    Jackson just in the first years of the Civil War.

    I never heard that Johnston was hit by Confederate fire.

    Who else would have been consequential had their subordinates
    had better targeting intel?

    Or worse, i.e. fired in the wrong direction or at
    the wrong target.

    While commanding a front-line battalion in WW I,
    Winston Churchill several times personally
    reconnoitered enemy positions; his men were warned
    not to fire on anything till he got back.
    --
    Nous sommes dans une pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerd|-s.
    --- General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot at Sedan, 1870.

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