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  1. Evil France

    Not just improbable, but literally IMPOSSIBLE. The CSA wanted ALL of the territories south of what had once been the Mason Dixon Line, including Southern California. The only prize, at the time, on the West Coast was San Francisco, which was well defended and connected via rail to the rest of...
  2. Evil France

    Uh... The French were not about to get into a serious war in North America. The forces they did send were fortunate to hold off the Mexican irregulars for as long as they did. Benito Juarez proved to be a much more capable and tenacious opponent than anyone in Paris expected. They did ignore...
  3. A better prepared Japan.

    Because the Japanese were not even giving serious consideration to waging war with the West, at least outside of Staff studies and war gaming. The Japanese expected China to roll over and submit, the Japanese pretty much won whenever they really applied themselves inside the country. The...
  4. Why Are Pistols Larger Caliber Than Rifles?

    This is a very much 20th Century onward issue. While smaller caliber pistols were produced for ease of carry, most pistols of the flintlock era were of the same caliber (or slightly smaller) than the muskets of the era (British dragoon pistols and "Brown Bess" muskets fired the same ball, the...
  5. Recovery time from 1983 World War Three

    No they aren't. They are critical strategic targets. Every major city includes port facilities that can maintain RN and USN forces. Major non-NATO allies are not going to have a very good day (actually the number of places that will have even a moderately crappy day is depressing small).
  6. Recovery time from 1983 World War Three

    Of all the Southern Hemisphere South Africa is the MOST likely to be hit after Australia. It is the West's primary source for a number of ores critical to making strategic materials. It also has several excellent deep water ports. Lastly it was virulently anti-Communist in 1983 and was a "might...
  7. Recovery time from 1983 World War Three

    You also have the EMP effects. That will kill pretty much anything electrical that is running and fry any electronics not hardened or in Faraday cages.
  8. A better prepared Japan.

    The loss of mechanics, not just at Coral Sea and Midway, but at other carrier actions and, perhaps most deadly, at cut off bases from Rabaul north to the Sea of Japan, destroyed the JNAF and JAAF as thoroughly as the loss of pilots. The number of cases where U.S. mechanics were able to get...
  9. A better prepared Japan.

    While there are a LOT of other issues, I'll just go with one. Where do they get the money, during the Depression, while every industrialized state is protectionist? I would strongly recommend the excellent Bankrupting the Enemy for a concise, very readable and information packed overview of...
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