Anzac Day, 2012.
Apr. 24th, 2012 06:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pathology_docLest we forget.
Lest we also forget that it is the lessons learned from amphibious-warfare failures like this which made the one that mattered, 29 years later, a success.
More artillery and more ammunition might have made a difference. But industry was not up to it because peacetime industry was not up to it because politicians wouldn't cough up the money to give the Empire the military it deserved.
Si vis pacem para bellum. "If you want peace, be prepared for war."
Nemo me impune lacessit. "Nobody attacks me with impunity."
These two things combined create peace.
We have two choices - a vigorous defence, or enslavement. Peace at any price is for those who do not mind being slaves.
Lest we also forget that it is the lessons learned from amphibious-warfare failures like this which made the one that mattered, 29 years later, a success.
More artillery and more ammunition might have made a difference. But industry was not up to it because peacetime industry was not up to it because politicians wouldn't cough up the money to give the Empire the military it deserved.
Si vis pacem para bellum. "If you want peace, be prepared for war."
Nemo me impune lacessit. "Nobody attacks me with impunity."
These two things combined create peace.
We have two choices - a vigorous defence, or enslavement. Peace at any price is for those who do not mind being slaves.