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  1. When would the CSA haven freed it's slaves?

    On the open water the RN was unbeatable in this era. Inshore (or as my post SHOULD have read Brown Water), that's something else again. Inshore the era of the Wooden ship was over. A successful CSA would have the ships necessary to break a blockade, at least a close blockade, since that was also...
  2. Best Outcome for Arabs in 1973 War?

    Again, I am going from memory (which is trickier every day) but I recall reading that Nixon made to clear, without being direct, that the Sixth Fleet would ensure that no supplies reached the Arab states. It was from a book on overall U.S./Israeli relations, but I'll be damned if I can remember...
  3. Best Outcome for Arabs in 1973 War?

    In addition to the 82nd, as pointed out by Ghost, there were TWO CBG's standing off Israel during the war (FDR CV-43 & Independence CV-62) The minute the battle groups got there they became the two strongest air force in the region. They also had the Guadacanal (LPH-7) and her USMC assault unit...
  4. When would the CSA haven freed it's slaves?

    IF the South had won the Civil War that would have meant that they had become the strongest land power, and most potent brow water navy on Earth (Which was what the Federal Forces were in 1865). Unless they had achieved that status they would have LOST the war. Unlike the Federal armies post...
  5. When would the CSA haven freed it's slaves?

    The entire Confederacy? We would STILL be waiting. Most of the states would have ended the "peculiar institution" before 1880, with Virginia leading the way. South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana would be the last to consider emancipation. South Carolina and Alabama would...
  6. Best Outcome for Arabs in 1973 War?

    In a vacuum? Isreal could have been overrun. With the U.S. providing resupply to Israeli forces and effectively preventing resupply of Arab force? Israel was destined to pull back from the verge. With the 6th Fleet sitting 200 miles off the Israeli coast and an American Government that was...
  7. WWI without Trenches?

    The stablised positions may have been unusual, especially compared to the Second World War and the dominance of maneuver warfare in that war, but it is far from a fluke. In the "modern" era of firepower based warfare trenches and/or bunkers have been the rule more than the exception. If you...
  8. WWI without Trenches?

    The standards of the British army in 1914 required a sustained rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute or greater. Most of the original BEF was well above that figure and tended to be very accurate, even at that rate of fire. This was part of the changes put into place after the Boer War.
  9. WWI without Trenches?

    Man-eating Moles?:eek: I LIKE it!:p
  10. "Enlightened Generals"

    Post 1945 on the wrong side (from my perspective at least)- Vo Nugyen Giap
  11. Luft46

    YOU! YOU SAID THE WORD THAT MUST NOT BE SPOKEN!:eek: They hit me with sticks for that on the previous page.:p
  12. "Enlightened Generals"

    Zhukov "Merely following orders." Huh?
  13. Which Novel Most Represents Humanity?

    I went with Shogun. Deep down it is a classic study of human nature and motivations masked by the semi accurate history of the 1st contact between Japan and the West.
  14. Luft46

    Wow! And to think that this thread started wit a referrence to a site showing some of the never made German weapons from WW II. Then it turned into this furball. Good thing no one mentioned Seal- Ouch! Stop that! Put that stick down! HELP!!!! :p
  15. American conscription classes

    The United States DEFEATED the NVA & The Viet Cong in the field. The U.S. military never lost an engagement over company level. The Christmas '72 bombing let the North's government know exactly what the U.S. could do anytime it wanted & it scared the piss out of them. Despite this, we lost the...
  16. What if Britain had kept the Empire

    The only way that Great Britain could have held the colonies was by becoming Nazi Germany or Stalinst Russia. Would that even be Great Britain? Even then, the Dominions woud be lost in short order. Canada never fell to American invaders because the CANADAINS didn't want it to happen. You...
  17. Israel pre-empts in 1973

    Israeli Intellegence had some inkiling that something was up. Golda Meir, forbade the military to strike without solid evidence, not wanting Israel to appear to be an aggressor. In a way, since Israel survived and rallied to win, the 1973 War helped the Israeli State. Jordan & Egypt both...
  18. conventional ww3

    I know Ivan didn't have any until 1949.
  19. Alternate conception of beauty

    Ye Gods!:eek: I had never seen that picture before. All these years I thought FDR was out of his mind. She is just about the exact standard of beauty for that era. The mouth is still a bit weird but... I take it back! FDR & Eleanor I AM SORRY!:o BTW: The cousin thing still freaks...
  20. conventional ww3

    I agree. NATO ALWAYS had a qualitative advantage, the difference is in degree. To again use the 1950-55 time frame. With nuclear weapons off the table, the Soviets have the closest to parity that they would achive throughout the Cold War. NATO Armor is, on average, inferior to the Red Army's...
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