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minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·1 month agoAn 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-squarezerosignal@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 month agoThe great philosopher Mike Tyson famously said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face”
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 month agoIt was Eisenhower maybe that said “plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable.”
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoYup, if you don’t get down to plan E, you’re not running a war, you’re executing a genocide.
minus-squareweker01@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-21 month agoIirc 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-up6·1 month agoThat’s awesome, thanks for sharing it.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoI’ve also heard it as “no plan survives contact with the enemy.”
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.
The great philosopher Mike Tyson famously said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face”
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.
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.
I’ve also heard it as “no plan survives contact with the enemy.”