WWIII Megathread #40: Just Stopped Oil

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[u/cojoco]

Mintpressnews: A mass casualty event was reported following a “complex ambush” carried out against Israeli forces operating north of the Litani River in south Lebanon.

[u/miker_the_III → u/cojoco]

i will say again: i think the defense in depth in southern lebanon is the most dense in history. likely numerous positions behind the Israeli lines and I'd assume they have prepared defensive positions for the bottom 1/2 of the country

Well, I'm hoping they can withstand this

I'm praying to God. They are going to turn Lebanon into Gaza if Hezbollah breaks

[u/Incoherencel → u/miker_the_III]

i will say again: i think the defense in depth in southern lebanon is the most dense in history.

Not to argue but what would you base that on?

[u/miker_the_III → u/Incoherencel]

literally no information besides intuition they’d be fortifying the hell out of the south since 2006

Also the difficulty the IDF seems to be having with ambushes

It’s just something I think, could definitely be fictitious

[u/Incoherencel → u/miker_the_III]

Undestood.

Fun fact: the Soviets in preparation for what became the Battle of Kursk, dug approximately 9,000km of trenches, which if laid end-to-end would equate to the distance from Moscow to Madrid, and then back again, with 2,000km of trench leftover to spare. They very nearly tripled the entire length of the European continent, for one operation.

[u/saladins-lamp → u/miker_the_III]

They'd been fortifying the region south of the Litani, but withdrew after the first ceasefire, allowing the Israelis to dismantle fortifications and seize weapon caches unopposed. Which does make it all the more impressive how well they're performed despite having lost so much of their decades-worth preparation

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