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"Amateurs discuss tactics, professionals discuss logistics" Napoleon

• tristramb 3mo ago
  He learnt the hard way (as did all those who followed him into Russia)
  • orthoxerox 3mo ago
    Napoleon planned his Russian campaign extensively: he had supply hubs set up all over the Duchy of Warsaw, with feeder routers from Prussia keeping them full. What he didn't anticipate was how bad the roads in Russia would be and how long the Russian army would retreat along them. You can't resupply an army that is marching on a narrow dirt road through a forest because it's blocking its own supply lines.
    • lostlogin 3mo ago
      If you’re going to Russia for the winter, have somewhere to stay and take a jacket. Napoleon screwed up the logistics with all his assumptions.
      • orthoxerox 3mo ago
        Napoleon lost the bulk of his army in the summer.