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The Tories were itching for war with Germany and very likely to win a 1915 election. If GB is not sucked into a civil war in Ireland one false move by Germany and GB will declare war.

The Russians may not invade Prussia, but as you say they would certainly maul the the Austrians. That leaves the Germans in an awkward position. If they continue to do nothing then they are seen as fair weather friends, not the sort you want to be allied to. If they now move, then they are seen...

The Islamic community in Medina started with some republican characteristics before a shift to a more autocratic style of leadership

Steamships require coal and that means coaling stations. One reason why the Royal Navy was so powerful was because it had more coaling stations than any other navy. Also, coal costs money upfront.

You need different secessionists. Bombarding Fort Sumter was just what Lincoln needed as a causus belli.

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A powerful, but after the loss of North Africa, not the most powerful. They could hold ground but were being sapped.

Whilst Byzantines may have planned to do whether they actually do could is a completely different thing. When you consider that at the height of their power the Byzantines could not reconquer all of Spain and lost much most of their empire between 560 and 720 CE. At that point they were living...

Poetic license by Harry Patterson. :biggrin: In addition in the book he had the Germans employing Finns as mercenaries. Try Wikipedia

There is an American SS pilot in The Valhalla Exchange by Harry Patterson. Apparently, he originally flew for the Finns, but got transferred to the Germans.

You are right up to a point. Yes, France had strategic reasons for attacking, but their tactics were flawed. Most countries thought that the Russo-Japanese War demonstrated that the man with the bayonet would always get through. They were wrong, hence the chewing up at the start of WW1. If the...

Not sure that it was obvious for the French to attack. Still, thanks to Plan XVII that it was they were going to do if a war with Germany started. Agree on this for the Central Powers: by clever moving Germany was going to knock France out the war before turning on Russia. For the Triple...

Eddie Cantrell, Mike Stearn, Tom Stone and Tom Simpson all haven't done too badly either. But, yes, Harry was the one who had really been born out his time.

Look at the Russo-Japanese War. That degenerated to trench warfare too.

An opportunity for Ireland and Scotland to become independent of England. Some of the conditions for the Bishop's War are still there ready to flare up in three year's time (1639) and Ireland has its black gold mine in the Caribbean to payroll a bid for independence. More importantly a...

Lets give credit where it is due. It was Harry Lefferts who was the man who burned it down. And he did not half get an ear bashing for doing so. Agreed.

Assuming that McClellan takes advantage of the opportunity. I am sure though that he could blow it.

If Richmond fell, then the CSA could write off getting recognition from Britain and France. Yes, there are those who would say that they did not need European support to win. However, there would be a faction who would want to throw the towel in.

And what is Mike Strearn's view on the matter? ;) Seriously though, Gustavus Adolphus is pushing his luck here. England is now a French client and if the King of France wants to make an issue of it he can put more (English) troops in faster than USE can Germans. Apart from having Cromwell...

Not sure that there will be much of a Civil War if Charles continues to get French gold. The gold would of course depend on King Gaston maintaining a Richelieu policy and no guarantees on that. If the gold stops then Charles could go to the Spanish and be screwed or not and be equally screwed...