2minutebitcoin on Nostr: Railroads are very instrumental to logistics and the movement of armies. They ...
Railroads are very instrumental to logistics and the movement of armies. They therefore drove economic and political power.
The British war in Sudan was critically about taking Khartoum. The entire outcome depended on that - whether they could build a railroad to Khartoum. If they can’t build it, they can’t provision the army with all the heavy equipment.
As soon as the railroad arrived, a bunch of heavily-armed guys with explosives and Gatling guns showed up and decimated the enemy. It wasn’t a fair fight.
Similarly, in the American Civil War, the Union Pacific Railroad sealed the U.S’ control over the land.
-- an excerpt from the Saylor Series Episode 2 - the Rise of Man through the Dark and Steel Ages, its 2-minute version can be found here https://www.2minutebitcoin.org/blog/saylor-series-episode-2-the-rise-of-man-through-the-dark-and-steel-ages-robert-breedlove
The British war in Sudan was critically about taking Khartoum. The entire outcome depended on that - whether they could build a railroad to Khartoum. If they can’t build it, they can’t provision the army with all the heavy equipment.
As soon as the railroad arrived, a bunch of heavily-armed guys with explosives and Gatling guns showed up and decimated the enemy. It wasn’t a fair fight.
Similarly, in the American Civil War, the Union Pacific Railroad sealed the U.S’ control over the land.
-- an excerpt from the Saylor Series Episode 2 - the Rise of Man through the Dark and Steel Ages, its 2-minute version can be found here https://www.2minutebitcoin.org/blog/saylor-series-episode-2-the-rise-of-man-through-the-dark-and-steel-ages-robert-breedlove