It seems that after enough failures this serious flaw in every single attempted offensive would be obvious, and if these generals were spending months preparing for major offensives, they would have at least attempted to develop plans and means to move up their guns to reinforce successes. If they were aware of this serious flaw, did they attempt to find ways to make their guns more mobile, and why did these attempts not work?
Or was there a widespread inability of leaders to understand that these breakthrough attempts would inevitably fail because they could not move up their artillery? Was this a blind spot?
Hey there,
Just to let you know, your question is fine, and we're letting it stand. However, you should be aware that questions framed as 'Why didn't X do Y' relatively often don't get an answer that meets our standards (in our experience as moderators). There are a few reasons for this. Firstly, it often can be difficult to prove the counterfactual: historians know much more about what happened than what might have happened. Secondly, 'why didn't X do Y' questions are sometimes phrased in an ahistorical way. It's worth remembering that people in the past couldn't see into the future, and they generally didn't have all the information we now have about their situations; things that look obvious now didn't necessarily look that way at the time.
If you end up not getting a response after a day or two, consider asking a new question focusing instead on why what happened did happen (rather than why what didn't happen didn't happen) - this kind of question is more likely to get a response in our experience. Hope this helps!