Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "The Caribbean in WW2 - Oil, Sugar and the French" video.

  1. “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics” - General Omar Bradley During wartime the complex and delicate supply chains become evident, to the point of becoming painful. Sugar, henequen fibers, crude oil and refined products, come to the top of the list. Other equally vital things don't make headlines. -Cinchona/quine bark from Peru to make anti-malarial drugs was essential to the pacific island campaign -The caribeean is dotted with salt works that had served their european metropolis for centuries. Lack of salt complicated the canning of food for troops, and the regular civilian industry had a hard time preserving food. -The chocolate bar became an icon because the cocoa trade to europe was squashed, while it was now abundant and looking for markets in the americas. And if you suddenly want to increase the size of the Royal Navy... where are you going to get the rum for it? 😁
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  2. Yeah... everybody knows who Rommel or Patton is... but nobody remembers the name of the quartermaster that kept their men fueled and fed. "hundred of tanks destroyed" is a better headline than "seven thousand pounds of butter arrived fresh today" I got my priorities straight... I want butter on my toast , I can't eat a toasted tank.😁
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  3.  @Conn30Mtenor  👍 a "strategy" that does not take logistics into account is just wishful thinking. But some people believe that some sort of "strategic" genius exists.. with "enough" of this genius few, naked, hungry, sick, tired, unarmed soldiers will ALWAYS win . If someone believes that Nelson could have won Trafalgar swimming naked.. we should just let them believe that.😁 Cheers.
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  4. Rum is the answer to so many questions 😁
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  5.  @Heegaherger  Incoming shells never knock... 🤣... rude!
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  6. Everybody: we need strategic metals, aluminium and specialized workers R.E. Bishop: hold my beer. 😁
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  7. >>>>The french had HIDDEN an aircraft carrier<<< There... fixed it for you!! 😁
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  8.  @Troglodytarum  fair point. I agree that "strategy" includes "logistics"
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  9. I make my banana smoothies with the peels on.
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  10. Check out the supplies and history of quinine, salt, cocoa, coconut oil, tar and coffee. And, of course, the Royal navy needed rum... lots and lots of rum. 👍
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  11. Let's hope that Amazon is not listening to Drach's ideas.... least they change the trucks and drones for indirect fire missions.
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