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minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·14 小时前An old NCO once told me that “the first casualty of war is the plan.” I don’t know where he got that from, but I’ve always liked that quote.
minus-squareryathallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 小时前It was Eisenhower maybe that said “plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.”
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 小时前Yup, if you don’t get down to plan E, you’re not running a war, you’re executing a genocide.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 小时前I’ve also heard it as “no plan survives contact with the enemy.”
minus-squareweker01linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-211 小时前Iirc it was some German general around the first world war. Edit: it is probably based on von Moltke the elder a prussian field marshal „Kein Operationsplan reicht mit einiger Sicherheit über das erste Zusammentreffen mit der feindlichen Hauptmacht hinaus.“
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 小时前That’s awesome, thanks for sharing it.
minus-squarezerosignal@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 小时前The great philosopher Mike Tyson famously said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face”
An old NCO once told me that “the first casualty of war is the plan.” I don’t know where he got that from, but I’ve always liked that quote.
It was Eisenhower maybe that said “plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.”
Yup, if you don’t get down to plan E, you’re not running a war, you’re executing a genocide.
I’ve also heard it as “no plan survives contact with the enemy.”
Iirc it was some German general around the first world war.
Edit: it is probably based on von Moltke the elder a prussian field marshal
„Kein Operationsplan reicht mit einiger Sicherheit über das erste Zusammentreffen mit der feindlichen Hauptmacht hinaus.“
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing it.
The great philosopher Mike Tyson famously said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face”