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\'\' I have moved those examples below from the main page as I believe they are all misuse. Currently, the trope is defined as an intimidation stragegy done face to face to establish dominance between two parties. The examples below are more in lines of being pragmatic in war and using whatever supplies you find. Also, if the food is taken from dead soldiers, it belongs on RobbingTheDead. Taking food from your enemy\'s camp could be an entirely different trope (I am not sure if we have it on the wiki right now).\'\'
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* Highly encouraged in [[Creator/SunTzu Sun Tzu's]] ''Literature/TheArtOfWar'', as it both feeds your own army while depriving enemy of their supplies. If you are about to be on the receiving end of this, the best course of action is to [[IfICantHaveYou destroy your own supplies.]] It's also more efficient on your own supply lines, as food would be consumed by the personnel in that supply line just to deliver it to the army.
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* Highly encouraged in [[Creator/SunTzu Sun Tzu\'s]] \'\'Literature/TheArtOfWar\'\', as it both feeds your own army while depriving enemy of their supplies. If you are about to be on the receiving end of this, the best course of action is to [[IfICantHaveYou destroy your own supplies.]] It\'s also more efficient on your own supply lines, as food would be consumed by the personnel in that supply line just to deliver it to the army. \"A bushel of the enemy\'s grain is worth ten of yours.\"
* In UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar[=\'=]s Battle of Shiloh, early in the battle, after the Confederate attack had sent Union troops fleeing from their camps in panic, the Confederates stopped to eat the food they found in the camps. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to supply issues (while Confederate troops later in the war were criminally undersupplied, these weren\'t): the Rebels were just overconfident and figured they could stop and have a bite. Unfortunately for them, the delay gave the Union time to regroup.
* The \'Battle of the Sausages\' during the Winter War between Finland and the USSR: the Finnish troops, knowing the poor state of supply of the Red Army, deliberately set up and abandoned a field kitchen, then ambushed the enemy soldiers who inevitably stopped to help themselves.
* During late stages of World War II, especially during the Battle of the Bulge, the most prized item that Germans captured from US troops was the food, [[http://www.dererstezug.com/German_Rations_at_the_Front.htm as indicated on this website]] as Germany was running out of food to feed its soldiers and civil population.
* During the sack of Washington in the WarOf1812, British soldiers ate the President\'s dinner in the White House after he had fled. Then they [[RapePillageAndBurn burnt the place to the ground]].
* UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington ate Marechal Jourdan\'s pre-prepared \"victory feast\" at the Grand Hotel after the Battle of Vitoria in The Napoleonic Wars. Graciously, he still paid for it.
* Averted by a war correspondent who came across an abandoned yet fully laden table in a German officer\'s barracks in recently liberated France. Having been briefed of the Germans fondness for {{Booby Trap}}s, he ignored what seemed like obvious SchmuckBait. The next day he had to listen to one of his colleagues boasting about what a great meal it was.
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* Chopper Reed, an infamous Australian standover man (extortionist) turned public speaker has told a tale about how he once cooked a man\'s dog on the man\'s barbecue grill, ate some of it, then forced the man to eat the rest.
\'\' I believe this is an entirely different case of intimidation. Cooking someone\'s dog and forcing them to eat it is far worse and far bolder move than stealing someone else\'s already prepared food.\'\'
* In UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar[=\'=]s Battle of Shiloh, early in the battle, after the Confederate attack had sent Union troops fleeing from their camps in panic, the Confederates stopped to eat the food they found in the camps. Contrary to popular belief, this was not due to supply issues (while Confederate troops later in the war were criminally undersupplied, these weren\'t): the Rebels were just overconfident and figured they could stop and have a bite. Unfortunately for them, the delay gave the Union time to regroup.
* The \'Battle of the Sausages\' during the Winter War between Finland and the USSR: the Finnish troops, knowing the poor state of supply of the Red Army, deliberately set up and abandoned a field kitchen, then ambushed the enemy soldiers who inevitably stopped to help themselves.
* During late stages of World War II, especially during the Battle of the Bulge, the most prized item that Germans captured from US troops was the food, [[http://www.dererstezug.com/German_Rations_at_the_Front.htm as indicated on this website]] as Germany was running out of food to feed its soldiers and civil population.
* During the sack of Washington in the WarOf1812, British soldiers ate the President\'s dinner in the White House after he had fled. Then they [[RapePillageAndBurn burnt the place to the ground]].
* UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington ate Marechal Jourdan\'s pre-prepared \"victory feast\" at the Grand Hotel after the Battle of Vitoria in The Napoleonic Wars. Graciously, he still paid for it.
* Averted by a war correspondent who came across an abandoned yet fully laden table in a German officer\'s barracks in recently liberated France. Having been briefed of the Germans fondness for {{Booby Trap}}s, he ignored what seemed like obvious SchmuckBait. The next day he had to listen to one of his colleagues boasting about what a great meal it was.
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* Chopper Reed, an infamous Australian standover man (extortionist) turned public speaker has told a tale about how he once cooked a man\'s dog on the man\'s barbecue grill, ate some of it, then forced the man to eat the rest.
\'\' I believe this is an entirely different case of intimidation. Cooking someone\'s dog and forcing them to eat it is far worse and far bolder move than stealing someone else\'s already prepared food.\'\'
