Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "Initiative \u0026 Strength: Sun Tzu's Art of War - Chapter 6" video.

  1. The 6th chapter is the best in Sun Tzu's book. Its timeless, and the rules are described simple and sound like common sense.
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  2. Sun tzu was pretty much unknown in the western world until the 1900s
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  3. Chapter 6 is still a useful part of this book, since it is still relevant to modern warfare. But the later part of the book talking about bowmen with fire, how to siege and use spies is hopelessly outdated in my opinion. What makes Sun Tzu interesting in my opinion is that the rules back then still applies over a thousand years later. The Swedish translation of a portion of chapter6 says *"He who moves troops from his left flank to his right, will makes his right flank stronger and his left weaker. He would moves troops from his left flank to his right will make his left flank stronger and his right flank weaker. And he who tries to be stronger everyware will be weak everyware"*. So basicly Sun Tzu is talking about the principle of concentration of force that armies use today - which is said to be the winning concept of Blitzkrieg, where all tanks are concentrated at one area to gain local superiority of strength and numbers - so that a country could defeat a much stronger enem Von Moltke had his concept of "getrennt marschieren, und vereint schlagen" - which means [Have the armies] march seperatly, and make them strike togheter [at the enemy]. And the purpose of Moltke's way of making war was of course to let armies be spread out over the terrain so they could move fast and not having so many men marching togheter that there would become queues every time a bridge would have to be crossed or a thin road had to be used. And the armies should then line up and strike togheter at the enemy, so he would have to meet an enemy coming in full force at him from many directions. And Moltke proved himself to be a military genious with his outstanding victories against mighty enemies as Austria and France. And the victory at battle of Königgrätz was one of the greatest ever won in the histroy of warfare, and there the Prussian's followed this concept of marching separtly and striking togheter.
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