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> Never invade Russia in winter. I thought it was never get involved in a land war in Asia.
by BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
> Never invade Russia in winter.
I thought it was never get involved in a land war in Asia.
- analog31 2y agoEspecially never invade the part of Russia that's in Asia, in winter.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThe thing about the more generalized form is that on most of the cases people remember, the invasion started on spring or summer.
- analog31 2y agoIndeed, and there are two fields where "when will the project be finished" is recognized as a logical fallacy: Software development, and warfare.
- bluGill 2y agoThere are been lot of land wars in Asia over history. Sometimes it goes well for the defender, sometimes the attacker. Never get involved in a war is good advice, but sometimes impossible to keep.
- mannyv 2y agoUnless you're Asian, then you'll win.
- jordanb 2y agoTell that to the Japanese.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoWhat are you referring to? They had a failed invasion of Korea; they had a very successful invasion of China that ended when they were defeated in a naval war well outside of Asia.
- jordanb 2y agoThe invasion of China wasn't successful. It was a quagmire. Japan didn't have the men or resources to conquer China and Chiang could just retreat whenever he had to.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> Japan didn't have the men or resources to conquer China Historically that doesn't take much. Having almost no men or resources didn't stop Nurhaci. What was going wrong with the occupation?
- jordanb 2y agoI recommend reading Eri Hotta's Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy It's a book about how Japan decided to go to war with the united states. It details how China was a quagmire for Japan that was sucking up all the empire's resources. They could conquer land but they couldn't hold it. They could achieve tactical victories against Chiang but could not erode his ability to stay in the field and fight. The story of how the leaders in Tokyo decided to double down on a war they were slowly losing in China, by starting a war they would more quickly and apocalypticly lose against the United States is a fascinating one.
- dr_orpheus 2y agoNever go in against a Sicilian when death (of a spacecraft) is on the line
- BugsJustFindMe 2y agoOnly slightly less well known.
- dr_orpheus 2y agoI spent the last few years building up an immunity to lunar dust powder
- bitwize 2y ago"And guess what? Ground up moon rocks are pure poison. I am deathly ill."