Any aspiring historical past Ph.D. candidate on the market in search of an intriguing dissertation subject? I feel this may very well be a hell of a e book. The media world of the Second World Battle was nonetheless radio, newspapers, magazines and movie footage shot by courageous digital camera males on the entrance traces. The information media at the moment may very well be used to unfold propaganda and misinformation. Within the class of misinformation, for instance, there was the ghost Military of Basic Patton. Public information about his “Military” was backed up by a big quantity of supposedly categorised messages and radio visitors that the Germans had been intercepting. The aim of that specific misinformation was to influence the Germans that the Allies supposed to assault at Pas de Calais. I don’t assume swaying public opinion was a precedence.
I feel the crucial concern is whether or not or not a authorities and its army leaders place excessive worth on what social media and in style media are saying. I feel it’s fairly clear that the USA and the UK and NATO are relying closely on social media to work some magic and assist defeat Russia. I additionally assume that Putin and his army leaders don’t give two shits about social media. They’ve been very poor at countering the Western media marketing campaign. Possibly they’re simply inept. That’s one risk. Alternatively, they merely might not care as a result of they’re centered on finishing up this struggle, not simply in Ukraine, however in opposition to the West with a view to safe Russia’s future.
In case you have not studied the historical past of the American Civil Battle or the Soviet Union’s struggle with Nazi Germany, I’d encourage you to learn two authors–Shelby Foote’s three quantity masterpiece, The Civil Battle: A Narrative, and When Titan’s Clashed: How The Purple Military Stopped Hitler, by David Glantz and Jonathan Home. Foote’s compelling account of the Civil Battle takes you again in time and places you within the thicket of the bloody battles and political intrigue. If you learn the account of the final yr and a half of the Civil Battle, with Basic Ulysses S. Grant struggling defeat and stalemate and nonetheless persevering with to press his troops ahead in a grinding struggle of attrition that sapped the desire and skill of the South to proceed the struggle, I would like you to think about the sort of strain that Grant may need felt if Twitter and Fb existed.
The tactical actuality on the bottom — not simply with Grant’s troops in Northern Virginia surrounding Richmond, however with Sherman’s Military pillaging the South via Atlanta then on to Savannah after which turning north — is obvious looking back that the South was defeated. It simply took them a number of months to comprehend that actuality.
Comparable classes may be drawn from the Soviet’s preliminary failure to carry again the Nazi hordes. The Battle of Stalingrad, in my opinion, was the final word turning level within the struggle in opposition to Germany. Whereas two years of battle lay forward, the die was forged and the parable of the invincible Wehrmacht was destroyed. It took two extra main battles — Kursk and Bagration — to make the inevitable clear.
As I famous earlier, the West is closely invested within the perception that successful the data struggle will translate into battlefield success for Ukraine. But, we’ve got seen how the “success” of the U.S. info wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria have turned out. Cash pits which have swallowed trillions of U.S. taxpayer {dollars} with no precise success on the bottom, the place it counts.
Each of those cataclysmic wars — the Civil Battle and World Battle II — are related to the carnage unfolding in Ukraine. The info are quite simple:
- Truth one — Ukraine’s economic system is in tatters and there’s no viable path to revive what it was on February 24, 2022.
- Truth two — Ukraine is completely depending on Western support to maintain its military within the subject.
- Truth three — Ukraine doesn’t have a viable air pressure and can’t present shut air help to its front-line troops. This implies any Ukrainian advance on the bottom depends on the restricted armor and artillery models nonetheless intact.
- Truth 4 — Ukraine’s skill to supply electrical energy and energy is being steadily degraded and there’s no short-term answer to maintain the lights on.
- Truth 5 — Russia has not dedicated its front-line forces and high-tech weaponry to the battle.
- Truth six — Russia’s economic system is robust regardless of Western efforts to sunder it.
- Truth seven — Russia is economically self-sufficient. It doesn’t want international exports to maintain its industrial base however the world does want crucial merchandise and minerals that solely Russia produces.
- Truth eight — Russian factories are working 24/7, producing important army gear and expertise to maintain its forces within the battle.
- Truth 9 — Russia can mobilize and practice new troops by itself territory with out concern of assault from Ukraine. Ukraine can not.
America and NATO are deluded. They’re wielding energy just like the imply women in highschool, i.e. they’re shunning Putin and received’t let him sit at their lunch desk. They continue to be satisfied that may crush him. What they didn’t rely on is that Putin is constructing his personal cafeteria and can eat the meals he desires and a desk he controls. In actual fact, lots of the nations in Europe want important sources that Russia provides. It’s only a matter of time earlier than these women attempt to get a seat at Putin’s desk.
It’s true that Russia relinquished, at the least for now, the portion of Kherson that sits to the west of the Dnieper River. Nevertheless it controls the remainder of Kherson to the east of the river. If Ukraine desires Crimea it should cross the Dnieper and battle its strategy to Crimea. Ukraine doesn’t have the army sources to do this; even with the assistance of the USA and NATO.
Okay. Sufficient from me. What do you assume? The ground is yours.
