02-12-2012, 03:35 AM
Quote: Seems we picked the same comparable example Robert (although mine does refer to the winter campaign).Which is why I chose for the summer losses - until recently I expected these to be moderate, not knowing that he already lost 200.000 men before he even reached Moscow, mostly due to disease and bad logistics.
Quote: ut did both army commanders expect a quick strike and not expect their logistic "tail" to end up wagging the front line dog?Napoleon expected to confront the enemy, beat him in the field and negotiate terms. This had always been his way, and succesful at that, only the Russians did not play ball. He defeated them but Alexander (what's in a name) simply refused to negotiate. napoleon then simply did not know what to do.
Xerxes' campaign was incomparable to that. He expected to beat every army, take every city or accept their surrender. You can't really compare the 19th c. to the 5thc. BC I think.. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
