If they really need men they can break up the current Yao units and use them as cadre for the rest you don't need fully trained men if all your doing is holding the line and if got experienced regulars stiffening their backs you can hold its just that you can't do much else
Why the Chinese play cricket (The Pax Imperialis)
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If they really need men they can break up the current Yao units and use them as cadre for the rest you don't need fully trained men if all your doing is holding the line and if got experienced regulars stiffening their backs you can hold its just that you can't do much else
What are the territorial exchanges planned for a Post-War Chile? The CW appears to be fairly consistent in what it deems to be appropriate post-war action. Liberate, don't dominate. While territorial exchanges do take place, the CW appears to recognise the importance of not pushing it too far.
The war in South America however, that's a war that took place, precisely due to pushing it too far. Chile taking the Bolivian coast and the dismantling of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. Even in OTL, almost 150 years later, it's still a sticking point between Bolivia & Chile. While I can imagine the CW trying to pressure Chile into not demanding further exchanges, I can't see Chile not pushing for something.
The writing is on the wall that the CW are slowly but surely looking at a victory in this conflict, but I can't see it being able to maintain a peace post-war, not without turning allies into enemies and enemies into friends.
The war in South America however, that's a war that took place, precisely due to pushing it too far. Chile taking the Bolivian coast and the dismantling of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. Even in OTL, almost 150 years later, it's still a sticking point between Bolivia & Chile. While I can imagine the CW trying to pressure Chile into not demanding further exchanges, I can't see Chile not pushing for something.
The writing is on the wall that the CW are slowly but surely looking at a victory in this conflict, but I can't see it being able to maintain a peace post-war, not without turning allies into enemies and enemies into friends.
Derek Pullem
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But you are not really talking about guerilla warfare - you're talking about formed and entrenched army units. If the Yao end up basically defending choke points then they are effectively duplicating the worst parts of American strategy in Vietnam
I suspect what you would be looking at is more like Israel vs the Arab Armies or even Japan vs British in Malaya
Post war is going to be really hard, especially in Latin America. Colombia will probably want Panama, Chile will want its pound of flesh too. The CW hold on Latin America is still very fragile.
The CW have one thing the PA don't. The luxury of time. They will gain naval superiority, then they can isolate islands and take them out one at a time with overwhelming force.
Without CW holding a stick over the heads of Latin America, I'm not sure how the end of this conflict, isn't going to lead to years of instability and conflict.
As I said the current CW hold on Latin America is fragile. It won't survive the peace and the US will have plenty of fertile ground to regain influence
Are we thinking Cold War? Do you think we're looking at a three way cold war?
Definitely a three way cold war. French Africa will be gone regardless of the outcome of the war, same with Indochina and the East Indies.
Three way is dangerous. Ours was bad enough with just 2. Three ways means more factions and dictators with more choices on who they appeal too for help. The only benefit will be if the CW can keep it's colonies. Outside of the Africa the CW will probably be able to stay together in this scenario. Africa/India is a different game entirely. India is better off in this TL, but you've got to deal with things like segregation, racism and corruption. the CW is doing better than OTL, but these same problems threaten to tear the CW apart.
Derek Pullem
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If it's three way then one of the four powers won't be a power at the end of the war - PA, CW, Entente and Warsaw Pact.
Difficult to see PA and CW being very chummy so isn't there a risk that both PA and CW take the "he may be a b*stard but he's our b*stard" approach to Europe and we end up with a bipolar world anyway?
Oh yeah the CW has a lot of issues to deal with post war. The local governments in India are rife with corruption and nepotism with a side order of racism due to the caste system and Muslim minority. South Africa is powder keg. The Home Islands are going to undergo a very painful economic realignment. You have the integration of the non Anglised colonies. For decades after the war the CW will teeter on the verge of collapse.
To avoid the WP absorbing the Entente or vis versa would require the CW and PA to cooperate in the middle of this war. Not impossible, the CW and PA are still very quietly cooperating over the European persecution of Jews. But bloody hard
Pangur
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Before any one gets in to cold wars I see a far bigger issue with these numbers. OK so the CW have more of their own land to protect which take up some of the excess divisions but from a US/Japan no where near enough which leave them with two options, stir up trouble in the colonies and a mixture of chemical an germ warfare
So the world post war is going to be a Cold War between a politically unstable Hyperpower CW with its supporting alliance, a economically ruined and political divided superpower PA and a European Superpower faction having to rebuild continent and a half. Jesus the world is going to be in for a ruff few decades.
Another factor is while they have the manpower to raise all these divisions, they don't have the cash to be able to afford to do it.
Cash wise how many can be kept in the field
CW 420 divisions
US 200 divisions
Japan 100 divisions
Gaige 20 divisions
Yao 20 divisions
You may note both the Gaige and Yao are already being heavily subsidised.
Pangur
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sooo CW are in trouble 623/831: and can pay for 420, the US 180/240 and can pay for 200, Japan 109/146 and can pay for can pay for 100.The Gaige; 75/100 and can pay for 20! Yao 420/560 and pay for 20
They are all going to run out of money really fast