* The US did a kind of this in WorldWar2 where they sent out stupid amounts of ''ships'', as quoted "the US built more ships than japan could sink" which was meant [[NotHyperbole literally]].  The sailors would be pulled out of the water and sent to crew new ships. This variant of the trope was less reprehensible than others, though many sailors of course did die.
** The cargo carrying Liberty ships were the best example of this. Designed to be built fast and in huge numbers, it was said if one carried a single load of war material across the Atlantic it had paid for itself.  So much emphasis was put on building them ''quickly'', that it wasn't unheard of for welds in the hulls (welding was used in place of riveting because it was faster) to split open in  bad weather even without the aid of the enemy.
** The Sherman tank was based on the concept of [[ZergRush drowning the enemy in waves of mass produced but inferior tanks]].  They had the added advantages of being easier to repair and simpler to operate ([[DrivingStick Go Go Gadget Automatic Transmission!]])

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Horrible, horrible libel. Not even worth engaging with, on top of being natter. Offhand? The reason French was canned was because he tried to personally lead a hundreds of thousands of men-strong battle ranging out for miles, with predictable results.

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