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by matthewmacleod 673 days ago
If only there was some kind of ongoing event that demonstrated exactly this…
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Or, you know, a whole world war that definitively proved the capability of dug-in defenders to hold ground.
I think the second world war showed how big the attacker advantage is.

Germany got's industrial base absolutely shattered while the non-defending US was able to use its industrial base to supply arms for 4 fronts (vs Germany, in Africa, for Russia, vs Japan).