Submitted by AutoModerator t3_11unvv5 in history
jrhooo t1_jcra6fe wrote
Reply to comment by TheGreatOneSea in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator
> For most of history, war was seasonal: as such, some, if not most soldiers will leave for the winter, and return when the war resumes; …
>….so skipping planting won't cause starvation, feeding a large force in one place for long is extremely expensive without railroads
Great respone. Also made me immediately think of an example where this was true even today
LaoBa t1_jd01vpq wrote
The mud season in autumn and spring in Ukraine also has a big impact on the ability of the warring parties to launch offensives. While a network of hardened roads have made logistics much easier, cross-country assaults are still very much inhibited by the mud, keeping the attackers on the roads and thus much more vulnerable.
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