Knowing the US military Logistics, that won’t be a diversion; it’ll be an addition. A friendly reminder that we deployed Fucking ice cream barges, barges with the singular purpose of making ice cream, to the South Pacific during WW2.
Supposedly a Japanese POW saw the barges, and knew at that moment that the war was lost, as the US could afford to supply servicemembers with ice cream, while Japan was facing widespread rationing and food shortages at home. (But I can’t find any confirmation of this story)
Knowing the US military Logistics, that won’t be a diversion; it’ll be an addition. A friendly reminder that we deployed Fucking ice cream barges, barges with the singular purpose of making ice cream, to the South Pacific during WW2.
Supposedly a Japanese POW saw the barges, and knew at that moment that the war was lost, as the US could afford to supply servicemembers with ice cream, while Japan was facing widespread rationing and food shortages at home. (But I can’t find any confirmation of this story)
Believe Napoleon was the one quoted for An army marches on its stomach.
It isn’t all about calories but also morale as they knew then.
An army marches on its feet and fights on its stomach. Good boots and good rations win wars.
(Since modern armies maneuver in vehicles more than by foot you can replace boots with vehicles but the core concept still holds)
There is the same story about a German officer realizing that after discovering US soldiers had chocolate bars on them.