"Logistics in the Eastern Roman Empire Military" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Oct 2023 8:45 p.m. PST |
"To a large degree military historians live in a fantasy world of "Great Men and Great Armies" doing battle and do books and movies accordingly. What is often forgotten or ignored is the boring matter of logistics . . . of how those troops were able to get there, of how they were fed and supplied. The fact of the matter is without a strong logistical support system any army would soon be boiling their leather shoes or killing dogs for food.
Strategy and tactics are easy to understand. But the science of equipping and feeding armed forces on campaign is extremely technical, its mysteries understood by only a few initiates. Still more than anything else logistical constraints limit the activities of any army during a war…"
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Frederick  | 11 Oct 2023 5:16 a.m. PST |
Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics! |
 Grelber | 11 Oct 2023 7:47 a.m. PST |
Interesting article, Tango. Grelber |
 piper909 | 11 Oct 2023 8:57 a.m. PST |
Frederick has the rights of it! Who originated that line, I wonder? |
| Shagnasty | 11 Oct 2023 11:11 a.m. PST |
Best book I ever read on Ancients was Engels' "Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army." |
| Tango01 | 11 Oct 2023 3:14 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami…
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