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The title's also the title of an alternate history novel I'm working on. I got the
idea for it after reading an article in the June 1991 issue of Smithsonian
magazine. Here's the thumbnail scenario: Hitler decides to invade the United
States to cut off Britain's supply of Lend-Lease tanks. He forms an invasion force with deserters from the Army at its core. This is called the Confederate
States Army. It may sound ASB in some ways, but in others, it's not. For
example, Germany formed another Russian army to fight Stalin on the Russian
Front. Americans, before Pearl Harbor, were very antimilitary. They blamed the military for the high losses in World War I. American military officers went
around Washington in civilian clothes to avoid raising civilian, i.e., congressional, hackles. The House also voted to disband the Army, which failed by one vote. Why did I choose the Louisiana Maneuvers? Because we knew, in the summer of 1941, that we couldn't fight Germany and win. General George C. Marshall, the Army's Chief of Staff, had his eye on prospective commanders, like Eisenhower, and Patton, for example. Germany had ten divisions compared to our five that were fully combat ready. So theoretically, if Hitler wanted to, he could have invaded us virtually unopposed. Your thoughts?
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