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Fearless Leader reacted to Arnold d.c's post in the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads? with
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It is probable that McClellan himself would be forced to admit that the Peninsula Campaign is not viable. Meigs would have pointed out... -
Fearless Leader reacted to Athelstane's post in the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads? with Like.
"Infernal Machine to starboard, Captain!" The sinking of USS Cumberland by the ironclad CSS Virginia, March 8, 1862 This week being...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads?.I haven't been able to find the information I need, so forgive my ignorance, but I seem to remember that Grant's performance at the...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads?.I completely agree about the Union's ultimate victory but I'm not sure that the civilian rams would have propulsion issues. If anything...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads?.The E.A. Stevens looks a bit under gunned to me even when one doesn't take into account the fact that her main weapon, a single 100lb...
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Fearless Leader reacted to Arnold d.c's post in the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads? with Like.
Hmm... perhaps. Do you know when the USN would have an ironclad to counter the CSS Virginia? Naval warfare's not exactly my expertise...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Churchill Dies Suddenly after the UK is Already Committed to Fighting On..Churchill definitely shaped the course of the war IMO. Assuming that he dies in late 1940, there's a good chance the Greek campaign...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Gideon's Folly: What happens when the USS Monitor never shows up for the Battle of Hampton Roads?.I don't have a whole lot to add at the moment save for an observation about the longer term development of the US Navy. In OTL the...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread What If Ottawa Not Chosen as Canada's National Capital?.There would need to be some additional political pressure from French Canada in TTL to make this happen as it would be a substantial...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread What If Ottawa Not Chosen as Canada's National Capital?.Agreed. However, the only way English Canada accepts a permanent capital at Montreal in the 19th century IMO would be for the government...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Re-Design 1938.Gah, I realized how that sounded only after the fact I tried to edit it in time but didn't quite make it. I completely agree about the...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Re-Design 1938.AFAIK the Whitley was never fitted for the Pegasus but rather the unreliable Tiger radial engine so that's a non starter I suppose a...
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Fearless Leader posted the thread Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Re-Design 1938 in Alternate History Discussion: After 1900.If anyone would humour an idle thought of mine, particularly those with specific, technical aviation knowledge, I'd appreciate it. Now...
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Fearless Leader replied to the thread Discussion: When and why did Jews come to be seen as a race and not just a religion?.Agreed. Voltaire's antisemitism also played a role IMHO, particularly in the French case as a bridge between anti-Judaism and antisemitism.