Between attrition (lost in battle), needing to leave troops behind to control conquered territory, and longer supply lines, shouldn’t the armies have gotten significantly thinner and weaker.
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That hasn’t been the case since the start of the Industrial Age. Before then, supply lines where an after-thought, as an invading army was expected to live off the land and conscript troops from the civilian populace as they passed through the countryside.
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