Re: I like the Bismarck quote. The rest is worthless. Archived Message
Posted by Dovetail Joint on December 27, 2022, 7:21 pm, in reply to "I like the Bismarck quote. The rest is worthless."
It's almost like a PowerPoint presentation by MI5, with buzzwords from the nationalist right. The triumph of the will stuff is a bit disturbing though. Bismarck said an awful lot of stuff during his long, drawn out time as Germany's d facto ruler. Not all of it was worthy. This is taken out of context. It's a huge mistake to imagine that the morale of an army is what makes the difference on the battlefield. In fact it's a dangerous mirage. Quality of leadership and weapons, stratgy, tactics, logistics are far more important. The German army retreated in good order for years after Stalingrad, their morale wasn't broken, but that didn't stop them being rolled backwards all the way to Berlin by the Rd Army. This Wintour from the Guardian is a ####ing tool.
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