Mexican-American War WI

WI the Armies of Mexico were able to defeat the armies of the US? If this is at least a little possible, I have dibs on TL.
 
Not at all plausible unless you have a very early, very minor TL that keeps the same general trend but either weakens the US or strengthens Mexico. The Mexican-American War is often called the "most unfair war in history." Remember that Mexico's economy was in shambles, their military had little to no motivation, and the Americans were on the exact opposite end of the spectrum.

If you have a very early POD, say in the 1820s, it could work. Either make Mexico much stronger, or have some sort of political shift in the US. I think that would be the more interesting one, have the political shift cause the Americans to completely butcher the war, resulting in a Vietnam situation in Mexico, to a point where the war just drags on, becoming more and more unpopular until finally, Abraham Lincoln is elected on his famous OTL anti-war platform, and stop the war so the nation can recover.

That'd be interesting: an earlier President Abe Lincoln with a weakened USA and a different slave-free situation.
 
Not at all plausible unless you have a very early, very minor TL that keeps the same general trend but either weakens the US or strengthens Mexico. The Mexican-American War is often called the "most unfair war in history." Remember that Mexico's economy was in shambles, their military had little to no motivation, and the Americans were on the exact opposite end of the spectrum.

If you have a very early POD, say in the 1820s, it could work. Either make Mexico much stronger, or have some sort of political shift in the US. I think that would be the more interesting one, have the political shift cause the Americans to completely butcher the war, resulting in a Vietnam situation in Mexico, to a point where the war just drags on, becoming more and more unpopular until finally, Abraham Lincoln is elected on his famous OTL anti-war platform, and stop the war so the nation can recover.

That'd be interesting: an earlier President Abe Lincoln with a weakened USA and a different slave-free situation.
I kinda thought that. Not the rest of that stuff but just that.. The USA would really need to fumble the ball on the 2 yard line.
 
Just a thought. WI Perry's artillery bombardment hadn't been enough to silence Fort Concepción and Fort San Juan de Ulúa? That means the Americans would have trouble landing and would suffer casualities.AND! WI the Mexican Commander didn't surrender Veracruz? That would mean city fighting. Some of the dead could be perhaps...
- Ulysses S. Grant
- George Meade

(Yup, they were there.)
 
Just a thought. WI Perry's artillery bombardment hadn't been enough to silence Fort Concepción and Fort San Juan de Ulúa? That means the Americans would have trouble landing and would suffer casualities.AND! WI the Mexican Commander didn't surrender Veracruz? That would mean city fighting. Some of the dead could be perhaps...
- Ulysses S. Grant
- George Meade

(Yup, they were there.)

Gotta love wars where PODs include stuff like "WI the US had suffered casualties?" :D
 
Gotta love wars where PODs include stuff like "WI the US had suffered casualties?" :D
Here is the kicker! Guess who doesn't die in the amphibious assault. Lee and Stonewall go unscathed. Wait are you shooting down my idea?:(:(:(








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Jasen777

Donor
Mexico doesn't have the leadership. The U.S. could certainly meet with misfortune in the Mexico City Campaign, but they lost the Southwest before U.S. army every got there (ironically a defeat in central Mexico might see just see the U.S. simply taking the southwest and not paying for it). And Mexico isn't going to beat the U.S. in the Rio Grande Valley.
 
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