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Because the US troops were supported by super logistics? That's a lot to infer from a pie!

paxys 5y ago
If German troops are malnourished within their own borders and Americans are eating freaking Apple Pie from thousands of miles away, it's hard not to draw conclusions.
- idontwantthis 5y ago
  If the Germans are struggling to supply beans and bullets, and Americans are so flush they can "waste" a tremendous amount of logistical overhead on transporting pie just to make the soldiers feel better, then it says a lot about how things are going.
  - natmaka 5y ago
    Maybe did the US only supply a few (hundreds...) pies, for some brass to drop it down before abandoning a location, for the Germans to find it and become discouraged. It seems that in ancient times some town besieged for quite a long time was starving but did throw away munificent food, simulating neglect, in order for it to fall on the attackers, who (not eager to maintain camp for long) promptly packed up and leaved.
  - s5300 5y ago
    I think the US making ice cream in their airplanes were the best example of this. Not sure of which model of craft, but they were essentially able to fly milk to a high enough altitude it turned into ice cream. The ability to have been able to spare aircraft for the sole purpose of doing that said a lot.
a1445c8b 5y ago
I would guess because success in war is partly determined by soldier morale and delicious food, particularly ones that bring up happy memories, is one of the best morale boosters out there.
laverya 5y ago
If you're eating 2000 calories a day of bread and a bit of sausage filled with sawdust (not a lot of food for a soldier), it means that your logistics systems are probably almost at their breaking point. If you're eating 5000 calories a day of beef, potatoes, bread, and apple pie shipped from Boston, there's probably a lot that could be reworked to supply even more calories of bread instead - or the same calories to more people.

If German troops are malnourished within their own borders and Americans are eating freaking Apple Pie from thousands of miles away, it's hard not to draw conclusions.

idontwantthis 5y ago
If the Germans are struggling to supply beans and bullets, and Americans are so flush they can "waste" a tremendous amount of logistical overhead on transporting pie just to make the soldiers feel better, then it says a lot about how things are going.
- natmaka 5y ago
  Maybe did the US only supply a few (hundreds...) pies, for some brass to drop it down before abandoning a location, for the Germans to find it and become discouraged. It seems that in ancient times some town besieged for quite a long time was starving but did throw away munificent food, simulating neglect, in order for it to fall on the attackers, who (not eager to maintain camp for long) promptly packed up and leaved.
- s5300 5y ago
  I think the US making ice cream in their airplanes were the best example of this. Not sure of which model of craft, but they were essentially able to fly milk to a high enough altitude it turned into ice cream. The ability to have been able to spare aircraft for the sole purpose of doing that said a lot.

a1445c8b 5y ago

I would guess because success in war is partly determined by soldier morale and delicious food, particularly ones that bring up happy memories, is one of the best morale boosters out there.

laverya 5y ago

If you're eating 2000 calories a day of bread and a bit of sausage filled with sawdust (not a lot of food for a soldier), it means that your logistics systems are probably almost at their breaking point. If you're eating 5000 calories a day of beef, potatoes, bread, and apple pie shipped from Boston, there's probably a lot that could be reworked to supply even more calories of bread instead - or the same calories to more people.