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We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best. (theconversation.com)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

NAZIs, I guess?

(No, seriously: Nazi Germany invented Autobahns to help blitzkrieg tactics, then Eisenhower saw the strategic advantage and copied them to create the Interstate Highway System, then everyone else copied the US.)

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

While the Nazi's rolled out the Autobahn, it had little to no military significance. Interior movements biased trains to reduce fuel costs. And how exactly would an interior road help a blitzkrieg tactic into another country?

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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

By bringing quickly the men and resources needed at the border with little to no time for the defenders to prepare?

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Okay. But wouldn't a road to the border be something thats guarded? Seems like if you want to sneak attack your enemy you would choose a less obvious route, like through the woods or placing a military bridge across a river, rather than down a road to the border.

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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago

I don't know I have only a limited experience in invading foreign nations.

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago

No they didn't, they took credit for the previous administration: https://www.dw.com/en/the-myth-of-hitlers-role-in-building-the-autobahn/a-16144981

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