Why the German Army couldn't overcome their bad logistics

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Published on Jun 9, 2021
It's well known that they German Army had poor logistics in WW2. So could they have improved it? Doing so would have helped them on the Eastern Front. So should they have built more trains, trucks, roads, railroads? Should they have had an army of engineers? Well, the answer probably isn't what you're expecting. Today, we're going to talk about the "economic calculation problem" and why the German Army (or any current army) can't have efficient logistics.

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For the second half of the video, I heavily based my script on the video "What If There Were No Prices?" by the channel Learn Liberty, because their video was great! Link: https://youtu.be/zkPGfTEZ_r4

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ðŸ“½ï¸ RELATED VIDEO LINKS ðŸ“½ï¸

The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL https://youtu.be/kVo5I0xNRhg

Hitler's Socialism | Destroying the Denialist Counter Arguments https://youtu.be/eCkyWBPaTC8

BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD S1/E1 - The 6th Army Strikes! https://youtu.be/YAfo5mse-ag

"What If There Were No Prices?" by Learn Liberty https://youtu.be/zkPGfTEZ_r4

"Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt https://youtu.be/eyIfEpNfU2U

"Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell https://youtu.be/dQiBD-crrvA

History Theory 101 https://youtu.be/PvpJEc-NxVc

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