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Post by John Marston on Apr 26, 2021 6:54:48 GMT
Compass deflected terribly
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Post by John Marston on May 1, 2021 4:53:01 GMT
What if Napoleon's invasion of Egypt was successful?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2021 6:25:45 GMT
What if Napoleon's invasion of Egypt was successful? Napolean's final aim was to link up with French ally, Tipu and they also planning to set-up friendly states on the way. |
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Post by John Marston on May 2, 2021 4:41:02 GMT
What if Napoleon's invasion of Egypt was successful? Napolean's main aim was to link up with French ally, Tipu and they also planning to set-up friendly states on the way. And other than that, his aim was to disturb the shipping links from India to England. They could have been sucessful if the siege of acre was successful, but it was highly impossible. They were well reinforced by the Royal Navy |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 16:53:17 GMT
Napolean's main aim was to link up with French ally, Tipu and they also planning to set-up friendly states on the way. And other than that, his aim was to disturb the shipping links from India to England. They could have been sucessful if the siege of acre was successful, but it was highly impossible. They were well reinforced by the Royal Navy How would he disturb that by capturing Egypt? |
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Post by Hsueh Yueh on May 5, 2021 17:59:29 GMT
They couldn't.
Russia itself was not ready for a war. After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, basically everyone knew that the once powerful Russian bear was no more.
Not even mentioning it's poor leadership, and poor decisions by Tsar Nicholas.
It was a revolution waiting to happen, plus the fact that nationalism had just became a new thing and Russia had a LOT of ethnic minorities, especially the Poles and Finns.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 0:41:29 GMT
They couldn't. Russia itself was not ready for a war. After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese war of 1905, basically everyone knew that the once powerful Russian bear was no more. Not even mentioning it's poor leadership, and poor decisions by Tsar Nicholas. It was a revolution waiting to happen, plus the fact that nationalism had just became a new thing and Russia had a LOT of ethnic minorities, especially the Poles and Finns. Russia in 1914 was not same Russia of 1905. It has become 4th largest economy by 1914. Main reason for Germany wanting to go to war was that they believed that by 1917 Russia will have a well developed railway network which will allow them to mobilise troops quickly and that would be a nightmare for Germany. |
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Post by Hsueh Yueh on May 6, 2021 1:42:58 GMT
Even then, Russia had no chance of winning WW1. It's troops were virtually untrained, supplies were constantly a problem and by the end of the war they had literally run out of weapons to give to troops.
Not to mention the heavy casualties they suffered in every battle.
Sure, the Brusilov offensive was a major victory for Russia, but it came at great cost.
You're also forgetting that the Tsar was extremely unpopular, and once Lenin came in and started with his shenanigans, soldiers literally deserted their posts.
The germans on the other hand, had a highly professional and organized force of troops, much more artilery than the russians, and had posion gas.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 2:06:50 GMT
Even then, Russia had no chance of winning WW1. It's troops were virtually untrained, supplies were constantly a problem and by the end of the war they had literally run out of weapons to give to troops. Not to mention the heavy casualties they suffered in every battle. Sure, the Brusilov offensive was a major victory for Russia, but it came at great cost. You're also forgetting that the Tsar was extremely unpopular, and once Lenin came in and started with his shenanigans, soldiers literally deserted their posts. The germans on the other hand, had a highly professional and organized force of troops, much more artilery than the russians, and had posion gas. You got the reason except that Britain(Mainly) provided them weapons, et cetera in summer through Arkangelsk route. |
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Post by John Marston on May 6, 2021 9:36:05 GMT
And other than that, his aim was to disturb the shipping links from India to England. They could have been sucessful if the siege of acre was successful, but it was highly impossible. They were well reinforced by the Royal Navy How would he disturb that by capturing Egypt? The Suez canal would be in his hands |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 10:33:07 GMT
How would he disturb that by capturing Egypt? The Suez canal would be in his hands suez canal didn't exist then. |
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Post by John Marston on May 6, 2021 10:33:55 GMT
The Suez canal would be in his hands suez canal didn't exist then. But ships did pass |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 10:34:42 GMT
suez canal didn't exist then. But ships did pass How? |
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Post by John Marston on May 6, 2021 10:40:09 GMT
Ok, I mistook it. It (the book) says - "Egypt was well-placed on the trade routes to these places", including India |
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Post by HangryBird on May 6, 2021 18:40:33 GMT
Napolean's main aim was to link up with French ally, Tipu and they also planning to set-up friendly states on the way. And other than that, his aim was to disturb the shipping links from India to England. They could have been sucessful if the siege of acre was successful, but it was highly impossible. They were well reinforced by the Royal Navy Yeah, I don't see how the invasion would succeed with the Royal Navy blockade. |
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