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  1. Was combat and strategy in the ACW closer to those of the Napoleonic Wars or WW1?

    This is, of course, the flip side to the perspective I noted before. In this case it is a clear preference for the European perspective, one that chooses to ignore the difference between actual combat veterans and long service non combat veterans, and also ignores the impact of the Spencer and...
  2. Was combat and strategy in the ACW closer to those of the Napoleonic Wars or WW1?

    Because the Western Front is what folks picture when they think of WW I?
  3. Was combat and strategy in the ACW closer to those of the Napoleonic Wars or WW1?

    Actually it very much depends on when. At First Bull Run I would agree that a well trained brigade of professional troops could have started the same sort of stampede as happened IOTL. A well handled division would have, in the eyes of Little Mac, have turned into a host numbers in the tens, if...
  4. Could the USA have ended slavery in the 1780s?

    There wouldn't have been any need to secede. The country would never have formed. Just that simple. The southern colonies made up (DE, MD, GA, NC, SC, VA) made up almost half the colonies, they would simply not have ratified the Constitution. It is easy to misunderstand the reality of...
  5. Was combat and strategy in the ACW closer to those of the Napoleonic Wars or WW1?

    A couple things, one related to the question, one not. The not related first. There seems to be a somewhat odd belief that stating that the ACW armies were not well trained and drilled is somehow an insult to the troops, the Union, The Lost Cause and/or the entire United States of America. It...
  6. Was combat and strategy in the ACW closer to those of the Napoleonic Wars or WW1?

    Only problem with your response is, well, ALL OF IT. Argue facts. Do NOT insult other members.
  7. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Reich's economy, both IOTL and ATL, depended on being able to steal enough from the Occupied countries to survive. It was a worse version of the USSR economically, and, unlike the USSR, with its massive nuclear arsenal, the West would have no reason ATL to keep the Reich stable.
  8. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    They didn't find all that many in the ATL as was.Poland was largely repopulated by Polish ancestry people living in the U.S., UK and other non Continental locations.
  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    More salvageable then ATL, since there wouldn't be massive death zones, tons of radioactive fall-out, and a witch's brew of bioweapons across the Western third of the Continent.
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Same as in OTL Cold War, except with random clashes with the KM.
  11. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I actually mentioned some of these folks in post #5963 -Kim Il-Sung - Died in insane asylum -Ronald Reagan - Six term President of Screen Actor's Guild. -Elvis Presley - MIA after loss of B-52 where he was a tail-gunner, declared KIA 1972 -Earl Warren - Three Term Governor of California...
  12. Why didn't we focus on a gun-type nuclear weapon only?

    Potentially. By mid-July about the only people eager for Downfall were on MacArthur's staff. Intel kept finding more IJA strength, signs of even more kamikaze aircraft, with the prospects for Okinawa writ large pressing ever harder on the folks in DC. That said, MacArthur had considerable...
  13. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    No more than in the rest of the Western occupied areas.
  14. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Similar to OTL.
  15. After the Reich: the post-Mosleyte Britain

    Wow. That is some massive plagiarism. Since you have admitted you did it this is just a kick and a thread lock (the thread is the fruit of a poisoned tree at this point). Be a REALLY good idea not to do this again.
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Australia Canada UK U.S.
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Same as IOTL. Any professional military has a plans for every conceivable, and a few inconceivable (like ET invasion, Zombies, etc.) contingency.
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The A4 are still independent countries. They all have their secrets, even sketchy plans for war if one of the others goes rogue. They do compete economically, but military cooperation is at a close to wartime level. Cold fusion would be shared since it has a strong military application. A...
  19. Why didn't we focus on a gun-type nuclear weapon only?

    The Gun type, as noted, was extremely limited, both in potential numbers and, perhaps more importantly, in yield. It was more or less a math problem. If the U.S. had been forced to wage an actual campaign with nuclear weapons, instead of simply using them to finish off an opponent that was...
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