So. The USA is in its first war since the War of 1804. And arguably its first 'real' war since the Revolution, due to 1804's main theater being the *Misauri Territory, whose biggest stronghold of St. Louis was probably a mere matter of marching once Anglo-Southron forces captured New Orleans.
This is now suddenly a much more interesting conflict.
This is now suddenly a much more interesting conflict.
Glen
Moderator
Indeed - the US has had a lot of experience in low intensity warfare taming the West. Their naval forces have a fair amount of experience in terms of seamanship. There is also a small but important element of experience from volunteers in the various wars that the US didn't officially enter.
At the same time, I bet the Malthusians severely underestimate the USA due to it being so untested. I imagine a surprise is coming bigger than OTL's 1942...
Oh snap, the US of A's finally getting off their duff and getting involved in major world events 
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I suspect they'll be able to contribute to the fight plenty, but have to take some pretty heavy initial casualties. Think about it, they've not actually done all that much militarily (at least, not against peer opponents with the resources of a mobilized economy and military) except for having some volunteers go and fight for other countries. And if they didn't diffuse enough of that experience throughout the War and Navy Departments, they'll have to learn a lot of lessons about fighting modern war The Hard Way (OTL Kasserine Pass was a picture perfect example of this, only I fear it may be even worse here).
Still, exciting stuff to see all around! Interesting to see Indonesia become a major theater of fighting, although given Australia's position it certainly makes sense.
. I suspect they'll be able to contribute to the fight plenty, but have to take some pretty heavy initial casualties. Think about it, they've not actually done all that much militarily (at least, not against peer opponents with the resources of a mobilized economy and military) except for having some volunteers go and fight for other countries. And if they didn't diffuse enough of that experience throughout the War and Navy Departments, they'll have to learn a lot of lessons about fighting modern war The Hard Way (OTL Kasserine Pass was a picture perfect example of this, only I fear it may be even worse here).
Still, exciting stuff to see all around! Interesting to see Indonesia become a major theater of fighting, although given Australia's position it certainly makes sense.
Glen
Moderator
Glad you are finding it interesting. There will be mistakes by the Americans for sure, but then so will there be by all sides, as there are in war...Oh snap, the US of A's finally getting off their duff and getting involved in major world events
I suspect they'll be able to contribute to the fight plenty, but have to take some pretty heavy initial casualties. Think about it, they've not actually done all that much militarily (at least, not against peer opponents with the resources of a mobilized economy and military) except for having some volunteers go and fight for other countries. And if they didn't diffuse enough of that experience throughout the War and Navy Departments, they'll have to learn a lot of lessons about fighting modern war The Hard Way (OTL Kasserine Pass was a picture perfect example of this, only I fear it may be even worse here).
Still, exciting stuff to see all around! Interesting to see Indonesia become a major theater of fighting, although given Australia's position it certainly makes sense.
Glen
Moderator
The 1935 Western European Theatre saw some of the fiercest fighting as the British and their German Allies (led by the dashing German Crown Prince) strove to keep the Bremen Corridor open against the French and Lowlanders to the West and the Scandinavians to the East (not to mention the Malthusian German insurgents, though many of these were to the East in Brandenburg). Despite having to fight on two fronts, the British had more advanced armor and air assets and a martial tradition that no other nation could match.
The Malthusians kept to their word and executed any opposing forces captured in the conflict. While the British and Germans did sometimes take prisoners (a deliberate decision to encourage troops under Malthusian control to surrender rather than fight to the last) there were many cases where the British and Loyalist Germans gave no quarter, and more often than not their superiors turned a blind eye to this 'deviation from policy'.
The Dutch Malthusians were the first to use chemical weapons in the Population War, though France would soon outstrip them. While not the first time that chemical weapons had been used in the history of warfare, this was the largest use. Initial weapons were Chlorine based including Chlorine, CDO (Carbon Dichloride Oxide), DS (Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide) & Geranious Gas, but then later the French introduced Bremenite, Sartrite, & Parisite which were far more dangerous.
The Malthusians kept to their word and executed any opposing forces captured in the conflict. While the British and Germans did sometimes take prisoners (a deliberate decision to encourage troops under Malthusian control to surrender rather than fight to the last) there were many cases where the British and Loyalist Germans gave no quarter, and more often than not their superiors turned a blind eye to this 'deviation from policy'.
The Dutch Malthusians were the first to use chemical weapons in the Population War, though France would soon outstrip them. While not the first time that chemical weapons had been used in the history of warfare, this was the largest use. Initial weapons were Chlorine based including Chlorine, CDO (Carbon Dichloride Oxide), DS (Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide) & Geranious Gas, but then later the French introduced Bremenite, Sartrite, & Parisite which were far more dangerous.
Oh my! It looks like this will turn out to be at least as bad as OTL WW1. With the advantage I figure TTL has over OTL, especially considering this is twenty years after OTL WW1, this could get nasty.
The Malthusians take no prisoners and have taken to using *sarin and *tabun on the battlefield. Suddenly this war isn't fun anymore.