Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Could Paulus have abandoned Stalingrad before encirclement? BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD E37" video.

Yeah, that's usually how it goes. Namely because running entails serious losses in territory and in soldiers picked off in the back so once the fight starts it is usually best to keep fighting. Ergo, when armies do start running it is usually because they already are in a position to be slaughtered. An extreme of this was in Greek phalanx fights, where during the decisive push most of the injuries would be broken bones from two masses of humanity in a push-o-war. When one side fell over, which I mean literally, many would get trampled or knifed while still on the ground while the bulk of the losers would shed their now useless shields and run. Typical casualties for a 1000 v 1000 fight were like 10-20 dead for the winner and 100-200 dead for the loser along with a lot of equipment lost.
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@phucprice6698 battles in general are more like 400 car freeway accidents than orchestras.
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@phucprice6698 really? Hundreds of people, none of them have a complete picture, all in fear of death, all acting potentially independently or not at all, both teams clashing together in frantic random fights, all rushing to win before the other guy gets an advantage, and you think the average fight has anything resembling order? Think about it from the reverse perspective. Things are so chaotic that the side that maintains a smidgeon of order and coordination under fire often wins by a huge margin.
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@phucprice6698 you seriously overestimate how much the average guy on the battlefield even knows about fighting.
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