====== For All The Marbles ====== A top-notch [[asb timelines|ASB timeline]]-style story series written by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]]. For All The Marbles answers this question: what would happen if the greatest minds of human history were assembled as a team to work together to unite a country and win a war? All the greatest generals, tacticians, kings, queens, judges, scientists, philosophers, theologians, guerrillas, and inventors have been brought together by Marvin the Alien Space Bat to fight a war in the country of Calainia! Read it [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188506|here]], if you don't mind the discussion. If you only want to read the updates, try [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=192156|this thread]] instead. A [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/03/showcase-william-dellingers-for-all.html|review]] of the series was featured on the [[offtopic:Alternate History Weekly Update]] blog. ---- __//**The List**//__ **Commanding General of the Calainian Armed Forces** – General Dwight Eisenhower **Commanding General of the Army** – Lieutenant General John Monash **Deputy Commander of the Army **– Major General Joshua Chamberlain ---- **First Division** – Major General Gaius Julius Caesar -**1st Brigade** – Brigadier General Sun Tzu -**First Infantry** – Colonel Scipio Africanus -**Second Infantry** – Colonel Pyrrhus Epirus -**First Cavalry** – Colonel James Wilson -**2nd Brigade** –Brigadier General Karl von Clausewitz -**Third Infantry** – Colonel Helmuth von Moltke the Elder -**Fourth Infantry** – Colonel John Churchill -**Second Cavalry** – Colonel Georgy Zhukov ---- **Second Division** – Major General Alexander Macedon -**3rd Brigade** – Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur -**Fifth Infantry** –Colonel Omar Bradley -**Sixth Infantry** – Colonel Xenophon of Greece -**Third Cavalry** – Colonel Genghis Khan -**4th Brigade** – Brigadier General George H. Thomas -**Seventh Infantry **– Colonel George Marshall -**Eighth Infantry** – Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck -**Fourth Cavalry** – Colonel Subutai ---- **Third Division** – Major General Robert E. Lee -**5th Brigade**– Brigadier General Thomas Jackson -**Ninth Infantry** – Colonel Jose de San Martin -**Tenth Infantry** – Colonel Attila the Hun -**Fifth Cavalry** – Colonel J.E.B. Stuart -**6th Brigade** – Brigadier General James Longstreet -**Eleventh Infantry** – Colonel Shaka Zulu -**Twelfth Infantry** – Colonel Alexander Suvorov -**Sixth Cavalry** – Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest ---- **Fourth Division** – Major General Hannibal Barca -**7th Brigade**– Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant -**Thirteenth Infantry** – Colonel Oliver Cromwell -**Fourteenth Infantry** – Colonel Fabius Maximus -**Seventh Cavalry** – Colonel Gebhard von Blucher -**8th Brigade** – Brigadier General Gustav Adolph -**Fifteenth Infantry** – Colonel Henry of Wales -**Sixteenth Infantry** – Colonel Erich von Manstein -**Eighth Cavalry** – Colonel Saladin ibn Ayyūbi ---- **Fifth Division** – Major General Napoleon Bonaparte -**9th Brigade**– Brigadier General Flavius Belisarius -**Seventeenth Infantry** – Colonel Colin Powell -**Eighteenth Infantry** – Colonel Arthur Currie -**Ninth Cavalry **– Colonel George Patton -**10th Brigade** – Brigadier General John Pershing -**Nineteenth Infantry** – Colonel Walter Model -**Twentieth Infantry** – Colonel John Lejeune -**Tenth Cavalry** – Colonel Erwin Rommel ---- **Sixth Division** – Major General Arthur Wellesley -**11th Brigade**– Brigadier General Winfield Scott -**Twenty-First Infantry** – Colonel George Washington -**Twenty-Second Infantry** – Colonel Benedict Arnold -**Eleventh Cavalry** – Colonel Charles Martel -**12th Brigade** – Brigadier General Khalid ibn al-Walid -**Twenty-Third Infantry** – Colonel Garnet Wolseley -**Twenty-Fourth Infantry** – Colonel Edward Woodstock -**Twelfth Cavalry** – Colonel Creighton Abrams ---- **Fleet Admiral of the Calainian Navy** – Admiral Horatio Nelson -**Deputy Commander** – Vice Admiral Chester Nimitz -**Commandant of the Marine Corps** – Brigadier General Lewis “Chesty” Puller -**H.M.S. Mirror** – Captain Michiel de Ruyter -**H.M.S. Constitution** – Captain Stephen Decatur -**H.M.S. Gambler** – Captain Isoroku Yamamoto -**H.M.S. Dragon** – Captain Francis Drake -**H.M.S. Enterprise** –Captain William Halsey -**H.M.S. Fidelis** – Captain Yi Sun-sin ---- **Commanding General of the Air Force**– Major General William Mitchell -**Deputy Commander** – Brigadier General Keith Rodney Park -**Tactical Air Command (Fighters and Air Support)** – Colonel Manfred von Richthofen -**Strategic Air Command (Bombers and Missiles)** – Colonel Curtis Le May -**Mobility Air Command **– Colonel Henry Arnold -**Northern Air Forces **– Colonel William Bishop -**Southern Air Forces** – Colonel James Doolittle ---- **Commander of Special Operations** – Brigadier General Nathanael Greene -**Commander of 1st Special Operations Regiment (Reconnaissance)** – Colonel Daniel Morgan -**Commander of 2nd Special Operations Regiment (Airborne)** – Colonel John Mosby -**Commander of 3rd Special Operations Regiment (Amphibious)** – Colonel Francis Marion -**Commander of 4th Special Operations Regiment (Urban Warfare)** – Colonel Leonidas of Sparta -**Commander of 5th Special Operations Regiment (Counterespionage)** – Colonel David Stirling ---- **__Government of the Kingdom of Calainia__** (22) **King** – Charles Martel **Queen** – Elizabeth Tudor **Prime Minister** – Thomas Jefferson **Deputy Prime Minister** – Winston Churchill **Chief of Staff** – Niccolò Machiavelli **Minister of Foreign Affairs** – Otto von Bismarck **Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs** – Theodore Roosevelt **Minister of Domestic Affairs** – Franklin Roosevelt **Deputy Minister of Domestic Affairs** – Henry Clay **Minister of the Treasury** – Adam Smith **Deputy Minister of the Treasury** – Alexander Hamilton **Minister of War** – George McClellan **Deputy Minister of War **– John C. 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