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>"Prefabricated Coca-Cola bottling plants" Sun Tsu, an army marches on it stomach!
by iancmceachern 3y ago
>"Prefabricated Coca-Cola bottling plants"
Sun Tsu, an army marches on it stomach!
- marcosdumay 3y agoThere have recently been a series of posts about ancient time army logistics here. This used to be much more true than it is today.
- Animats 3y agoYes. Prefabricated Coca-Cola bottling plants. Eisenhower ordered 10 bottling lines and 6,000,000 bottles per month. To start. By the end of the war, Coca-Cola had over 60 bottling lines in war zones.[1] [1] http://www.nww2m.com/2011/08/coca-cola-the-pause-that-refreshed-2 http://www.nww2m.com/2011/08/coca-cola-the-pause-that-refres...
- svat 3y ago“That's private property!” — Colonel "Bat" Guano in Dr. Strangelove (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAK7t3Lf8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAK7t3Lf8s
- kragen 3y agococa-cola is one of a very few companies in the usa licensed to handle coca leaves and to extract the cocaine from them, and coca-cola branches overseas have often been used for cia non-official cover. it's not all that private
- fuzzfactor 3y agoIt wasn't just for the soldiers, it was for the masses too. The Americans are here, they're not just liberating, they come equipped. And people get to drink Coke now.
- iancmceachern 3y agoThe stories about the Hershey bars are amazing