War is so fucking stupid. Schlieffen Plan? Drive at Paris. Fall Rot? Drive at Paris. Barbarossa? Drive at Moscow. Desert Storm? Drive at Baghdad. Invasion of Ukraine? Drive at Kyiv. Prigozhin? Drive at Moscow. HTS? Drive at Damascus. IT'S ALL JUST DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AT FUCKING CAPITALS - ThreadSky

gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social • 105 days ago

War is so fucking stupid.

Schlieffen Plan? Drive at Paris. Fall Rot? Drive at Paris. Barbarossa? Drive at Moscow. Desert Storm? Drive at Baghdad. Invasion of Ukraine? Drive at Kyiv. Prigozhin? Drive at Moscow. HTS? Drive at Damascus.

IT'S ALL JUST DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AT FUCKING CAPITALS

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lhfazuelli.bsky.social•105 days ago

Well, no, Fall Rot was not "drive at Paris". Rather, pretend to drive at Amsterdam and then drive at Dunkirk.

joeyossarian.bsky.social•105 days ago

draw line
draw arrow
???
peace conference

scottktaylor.bsky.social•105 days ago

It's my understanding that, according to Benrard Bachrach, much of early medieval warfare consisted of armies using the old Roman roads, with the object of controlling the nodes and access to them. Just drivin'.

sashotodorov.bsky.social•105 days ago

"It's all just hubs and spokes with most empty land in between" is probably the single most important lesson to learn about how forces move.

sashotodorov.bsky.social•105 days ago

"Why does every war in Northern France always end up with a major battle at Arras" the insufficiently hubs-and-spokes-pilled rookie asks innocently.

seanmac31.bsky.social•104 days ago

It's why hex and counter wargame maps are largely inferior to point to point or area maps for anything above the tactical level.

ikemakos.bsky.social•105 days ago

checking in one the score of “point-to-point movement map vs hex map for war games” debate:

elevenchars.bsky.social•105 days ago

Mil history / theory is just ginned up geography

timoconnorbl.bsky.social•105 days ago

Because everyone hates Arras, is why.

thetecheng.bsky.social•105 days ago

ericblyler.bsky.social•105 days ago

Or in the case of the Pacific theater of WWII firebomb the capital and nuke two smaller cities.

uristmcbauxite.bsky.social•105 days ago

Look, we couldn't just drive there, boats were involved.

samoanattorney.bsky.social•105 days ago

Boats are just driving, but on water

nostalgiavictim.bsky.social•105 days ago

The island hopping campaign was essentially a drive (swim) to Tokyo

ericblyler.bsky.social•105 days ago

Technically a Hop, Skip, and Jump.

denwalt.bsky.social•105 days ago

nobody visits nature anymore

ennui.org•105 days ago

shaunc.bsky.social•105 days ago

Its almost as if the generals hadn't realized we've invented the airline ticket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMpXUd_kesA

elkmovie.bsky.social•105 days ago

Hannibal marching over the Alps? Drive at Rome. Most of the Crusades? Drive at Jerusalem. Norman Conquest? Drive at London.

louisevans.bsky.social•105 days ago

jackwaltimore.bsky.social•105 days ago

Aren't you happy this is happening?

gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social•105 days ago

Yeah, but I just thought this would be funny to post

jackwaltimore.bsky.social•105 days ago

It was, you just sounded legit irate at the strategy.

But there's no other way to go, I guess.

forbesmm.bsky.social•105 days ago

🤓 ackshully Desert Storm was “drive at Baghdad BUT THEN TURN RIGHT 90°”

ikemakos.bsky.social•105 days ago

1777 Howe plan? Drive at Philadelphia. Used existing roads. Succeeds.

1777 Burgoyne plan? Drive at Albany. Has to make his own road. Fails.

Lesson: gotta make sure there highway is there BEFORE you start driving

bblebear.bsky.social•105 days ago

I would simply drive through Stalingrad quickly

uristmcbauxite.bsky.social•105 days ago

I mean, it might be stupid, but at least its easy to understand.

uristmcbauxite.bsky.social•105 days ago

Broke: Get all your junior leaders to adhere to a strict timetable dictated by train arrivals and departures.

Woke: Redirect your mercenary army from the frontline in a Mad Max convoy to the capitol, only to waffle in the red zone.

Bespoke: Use maneuver, speed, and shock to dislodge a fascist