Why did Voldemort ever need the Death Eaters? He should have just stolen a few Time-Turners from the ministry. No-one could have resisted an attack by an army of Voldemort clones, super-coordinated by virtue of half the clones remembering being the other half a few hours ago.
The Ministry has access to Time-Turners too. Really, once both sides are using them they’d just have the effect of making battles much, much more awesome.
And you think that’s keeping either side from escalating first, similar to not using Muggle weapons?
The Wizarding War is depicted as a limited conflict in canon, IIRC, and certainly in MoR. So you have a good theory. Voldemort was known for his tactical genius, presumably he found ways to escalate that couldn’t be so easily duplicated by the enemy.
The Ministry has access to Time-Turners too. Really, once both sides are using them they’d just have the effect of making battles much, much more awesome.
And you think that’s keeping either side from escalating first, similar to not using Muggle weapons?
The Wizarding War is depicted as a limited conflict in canon, IIRC, and certainly in MoR. So you have a good theory. Voldemort was known for his tactical genius, presumably he found ways to escalate that couldn’t be so easily duplicated by the enemy.