I love when I'm learning about some historical battle, and they talk about one of the Generals as a Genius Military Strategist, and then you find out that the plan is always "Hear me out, what if we surprise them, and then get all around them."
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Or you find out that it was more of a "whoopsie!" from the other side.
@RickiTarr it's like when people praise certain philosophers as being so brilliant that we poor mortals couldn't possibly understand them, and then I find out that they had neurosyphilis and were basically insane.
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@RickiTarr Guys, guys ! What if we point over that way .... AND THEN GO THIS WAY!!!!! yeah ! Yeah !! *nods frantically with a manic smile*
Every military plan ever
@RickiTarr never underestimate the power of a few new germs! "oh heck, i guess those savages didn't need that land anyways"
OMG
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg!!!
At the same time JEB Stuart was trying to attack the Union rear with 4000 cavalry.
He was stopped by 400 cavalry from Michigan lead by General Custer.
The site is Battlefield East at Gettysburg, the least visited place at Gettysburg.
Custer prevented a crushing Union defeat.
July 3 1863, the day 400 guys saved America.
battles are tactics.
campaigns are strategy.
ensuring the supplies and the troops get to the right place at the right time.
@RoseRaven The real genius is the Resource Manager
@RickiTarr @RoseRaven People often focus on the flashy bits in storytelling.
I've spent weeks trying to get half a dozen people in the same room for an hour, so I can't imagine what it takes to get tens of thousands of people to one place, prepared to do anything.
Post Napoleon Clarity
@RickiTarr "Did you know we can just sneak into their camp at night and kill them in their sleep?" is another fun tactic that brilliant strategists throughout history liked to employ.
@RickiTarr sometimes it’s what if we use a technological advantage?
@Kierkegaanks What if we poison them and violate a treaty or two
@Kierkegaanks @RickiTarr or the classic of make them run up the hill.
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Ricki, have you considered a career as a Genius Military Strategist?