Talk:Oskar von Hutier

Emory Upton reference
The tactics used by US Colonel Emory Upton at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House do not apply here. They might have been revolutionary for their time but

1) American Civil War artillery could not fire a creeping barrage under any circumstances and

2) They did not have the variety of shell types.

On that basis, the reference does not apply. Further to that, while Aleksei Brusilov and others used artillery spotters in the front line trenches to communicate results to the rear, this would not have been possible in the American Civil War period.Flanker235 (talk) 14:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Significant problems with this article
The article subscribes to the erroneous wartime French perception that von Hutier had anything to do (much less invented) the storm trooper tactics used in the Spring Offensive in 1918. These developments went back as far as 1915 and had nothing to do with Hutier—he only became involved with them when he commanded the assault on Riga in 1917. The state of this article, given that Gudmundsson's book has been out for over 20 years (and other scholarship on the topic) is somewhat shocking. Parsecboy (talk) 01:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

The article should consider the informations concerning the career of this general provided by the Prussian Machine and Gentleman's Military Interest Club. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radu Urloiu (talk • contribs) 15:13, 14 June 2013 (UTC)