The "Cult of the Offensive," a Strategy That Officers on Both

The "cult of the offensive," a strategy that officers on both sides in World War I wholeheartedly adopted, was uniquely unsuited to

A) massive civilian armies, which were wholly unused to lightning-strike military tactics.
B) the two-front German battle plan developed by Alfred von Schlieffen.
C) the rain-soaked, uneven terrain of northeast France, where most of the war was fought.
D) the advanced weaponry and unprecedented new machinery developed by that time.