PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTwo walls, no problemslemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageTwo walls, no problemslemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·5 months agoExplanation: During the Siege of Alesia, Julius Caesar encircled the Gallic king Vercingetorix, and built a wall around the town of Alesia to hem him in and prevent him from escaping. However, Caesar was made aware of a massive Gallic army coming to break the siege. Rather than lifting the siege, Caesar opted to build ANOTHER wall - this one to protect his troops from the Gallic army in the countryside. This left the Romans nestled in a little strip between the two forces, relying on their supplies to wait out both the forces in Alesia, and the massive army outside that couldn’t sustain itself on the countryside
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·5 months agoThis is one of my all-time favorite anecdotes on how the scariest thing an army can be is well-provisioned.
minus-squareMindTravellerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoTactics wins battles. Logistics wins wars.
Explanation: During the Siege of Alesia, Julius Caesar encircled the Gallic king Vercingetorix, and built a wall around the town of Alesia to hem him in and prevent him from escaping. However, Caesar was made aware of a massive Gallic army coming to break the siege. Rather than lifting the siege, Caesar opted to build ANOTHER wall - this one to protect his troops from the Gallic army in the countryside. This left the Romans nestled in a little strip between the two forces, relying on their supplies to wait out both the forces in Alesia, and the massive army outside that couldn’t sustain itself on the countryside
This is one of my all-time favorite anecdotes on how the scariest thing an army can be is well-provisioned.
Tactics wins battles. Logistics wins wars.