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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Explanation: Despite the post-war reputation of German science as ZE FINEST IN ZE WORLD, during WW2, much of the logistics of the Nazi military was handled by horses. Very, uh, high-tech?

Their logistics situation was a little fucked, especially once they started eating the horses on the Eastern Front.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Science, industrial capacity and logistics are related but ultimately separate. Being good at one doesn't guarantee being good at the others. Oh and driving your best scientists into exile won't help either.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

And the whole two front thing against like all major powers at once

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta save your oil for the fancy toys

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Yea, the Nazis were famously short on oil. They badly needed USSR's oil fields.