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anjeltoday at 2:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

History reveals that every war is won by the nation with superior industrial capacity.


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cliglottoday at 2:30 PM

> History reveals that every war is won by the nation with superior industrial capacity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichimeca_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Afghan_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)

You’d be pretty hard pressed to refer the victor of any of these wars as having “superior industrial capacity” compared to their opponents.

mythrwytoday at 7:37 PM

The Mongol army was much less industrialized than the people they conquered though so I'd say it's factor but not decisive.

tclancytoday at 2:49 PM

Is this some kind of subtle gag?