> If history provides the theory, the ongoing war in Ukraine offers a brutal contemporary lesson: Modern armies collapse when they run out of logistics, not when they run out of weapons.

Is this really a new lesson? I thought that was common knowlegede since WW2 especially with the events of the Eastern Front.

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hvs 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That was discussed in the article.

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realusername 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Amateurs discuss tactics, professionals discuss logistics"

Napoleon

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tristramb 4 hours ago | parent [-]

He learnt the hard way (as did all those who followed him into Russia)

	▲	orthoxerox 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.