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We'll just have to agree to disagree. I do think American antipathy to Germany was driven by Germany's tactless diplomacy and constant saber-rattling. Loki's 'militant' diplomacy has been aggressive but mostly directed at undeveloped peoples or the Austrians and Turks. Seizing Cuba would probably ha...

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Congratulations on your victory! A first-place finish and a golden laurel wreath is not to be sneezed at! And I have to say, I'm sorry to see this end. On Puerto Rico (or Porto Ricco - thank you, Stuyvesant) I think the US might have a slightly less hostile response to Italy assuming control than, s...

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Man, I go to Hell for a week - sorry, meant to say Cleveland, a simple mistake that anyone could make - and I come home to three feet of snow and Europe turned upside down! Gen. Monkey-Bear, the distinction between Egads and Gonads is subtle but ultimately simple: the definition of gonads you can lo...

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I don't care what anyone's propaganda says - a German flag over Paris or a tricolor over Berlin means it is all but over. If Britain enters the war now she will end like Rumania in WWI, I think, and no responsible British government would consider it for a moment. Now if German divisions were knocki...

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Sounds like Italy took lessons from one of my favorite generals - Belisarius (I would include von Manstein but he's a bit after this time). If you can tempt the enemy into an assault, whether by a retreat or by the occupation of a point he must have, bleed him and then riposte - what von Manstein ca...

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Hard to see what you could have done differently - the need to push hard and fast implied heavy casualties and an exposure to counter-attack. As for the German army 'hiding' in Wien, they were probably railed in only a short time before going into action. The Germans pulled that trick a fair bit in ...

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Well, as the British used to say, the only things wrong with Americans were that they were over-paid, over-sexed and over here...

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I can see the Chamber of Commerce brochure now: "Visit beautiful Trieste - the new Verdun!" Exciting to see your troops in Salzburg and near Munich - sad that they are only visiting. Strategically it seems you are at the bottom of a funnel: enemy attacks contract your front and make defense easier, ...

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Very good to hear that things are not as bleak as I had supposed. So far as the French AI doing better than the French AI in our 1914, well, perhaps their doctrine is better. A focus on the strategic defensive coupled with strong counter-attacks was the preferred method of generals who were passed o...

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I apologize for the typo. If I could type I could rule the world. :neener: Of course, English is a colossally stupid language but it does have at least one redeeming feature: it does not arbitrarily assign gender to inanimate objects and expect non-speakers to understand the sexual proclivities on p...

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The problem with fighting a defensive war is that Italy would have to live in the peace that followed: very likely a place with France destroyed as a major military power and Russia either marginalized or broken into a howling wilderness. The only safety for Italy is to fully extend herself to ensur...

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My operational weakness is to rush all my forces into action and keep insufficient reserves, which is why I harp so much on the necessity of keeping strong reserves readily available (which I see you have done by creating a position of mutual support). Looks like you have a solid campaign plan at ha...

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Since I did a lot of thinking on this for 'Special Providence' I'll venture an opinion as to what we might expect from this war: +Italy: veteran army with lots of practical knowledge, real experience and decent weapons; Navy is modern, efficient and large =Germany: massive army mostly unused since t...

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Britain 'modded' some wooden ships into ironclads - you needed a wooden backing for the iron armor to work best, and Britain had a lot of old but steam-powered wooden ships. The problem is it is expensive to do, the ships cost a lot to operate and they don't last long - it just gets you a lot 'on th...

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My apologies for being out of the loop - life and work and all that raised their nasty heads. Looks like to me the British reaped the bitter fruits of their Italian Smackdown - they made serious threats, were not believed and then decided they did not have the military power and political resolve to...

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The only reason I can see for Italy to stand loyally by France is that a defeated France makes possible a Germany dominant in Europe, or at least re-orients the usual division from east-west (Franco-German) to north-south (Germano-Italian). I agree with your geopolitical reasoning by-and-large. The ...

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Loki, I'm interested in the game and your gameplay. So long as you don't have steam-powered German flying dreadnoughts descend from the Moon... Hey, you know, that actually sounds pretty... SLAP! Um, OK. So where was I? Ah. Well, as long as you don't have Serbia reforming the Holy Roman Empire by......

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Your 'artisans' are clearly alchemists who have mastered the art of turning other materials into gold. Since this is Italy I'm guessing platinum, maybe, or some of those hard, shiny carbon thingies. ;) Poor Italy - so maligned, so misunderstood. Hated by the Turks, the Austrians, the British, the Ge...

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The story told by the casualties is grim. If the German Army was twice your size and took twice your casualties then militarily it was a draw, and as Jim-NC points out most of what they lost they can replace with superior troops. That's... sobering. Wars are however not decided militarily but politi...

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Indeed, I do think the battlecruiser had a - limited - place in the naval lineup. I mostly condemn Royal Navy practice of treating ammunition and shells like bags of cement and baulks of lumber out of the misplaced belief that they could use rapidity of fire to crush an opponent before he could effe...

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No, no, gentlemen. You have it entirely wrong. The battlecruiser was not only a fine idea but a potentially war-winning weapon... within a narrow range of a decade or so after it was first proposed, if it was used in its intended roles and if only one fleet had them . A battlecruiser is here defined...

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Were this a different game I know exactly what I would think. "We need rice. Where can we find rice? Let's ask the scouts. Where are the scouts? In the Army. So let's send out the Army to find some rice. Of course we will have to keep the land the rice is growing on - that's nothing but common sense...

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Spiffy looking uniforms! And of course new battleships are always in style. Bismarck had his wars against Austria and France to unify Germany and make her the central pivot of European politics. Seems to me that your wars with Austria and Britain have done the same for italy - Rome is now the hub ar...

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I was basing my opinion on what I remember reading about the Italian entry into WWII - that the high command was very upset and dismayed since they had always looked to Britain as an ally. The Navy High Command was appalled since they had a very high opinion of the Royal navy and were dependent on B...

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This is indeed the British nightmare scenario: attacked abroad, fleet neutralized (although by their own faulty doctrine) and now invaded at home while the European powers watch and yawn. The Times is unlikely to opine that, 'with an enemy fleet in the Channel the Continent is cut off.' Given the lo...

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To Dewirix's excellent list I would add the naval battles of the South American states (the Pacific War and Brazil's riverine campaign against Paraguay), the Battle of Santiago (which actually involved battleships) and the Russo-Japanese naval battles before Tsushima. What we learn from this is that...

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I appreciate the niceties of juggling troops across three continents. Your emphasis on naval supremacy has indeed paid high dividends. If you decide to carry the war to England - and at this point, why not? - you will probably find the Royal Navy deployed in home waters. You will need to keep signif...

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So are you saying that you have gargantuan mobile siege ovens, lumbering all over India and big enough to cause Dresden-style firestorms on a provincial level? The mere imagery is disturbing my mental state... I believe loki is saying that the combination of Italian pizza and Indian curry has cause...

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Well I for one can only hope that a passing centurion caught that Briton and gave him grammar within an inch of his life! Anyone who would so casually slaughter the delicate precision of Latin might do anything - might try passing himself off as an ambassador, for Heaven's sake! And once that starts...

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Egypt's preference for you is easily explainable. First, they hope that fawning on you will stop you from attacking them. Second, they'd rather deal with you than the huge revolt that occurred as soon as you ended the war (evidently the population does not love their rulers). And third, you brought ...

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