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Originally Posted by Apollonian
Britain is a maritime power, the Holy Alliance is composed of land powers, and trying to fight on the other guy's turf is a losing strategy. And everyone knows it!
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Britain is by far the strongest maritime power but the other powers don't lack maritime resources. That's part of why you need so many powers to beat Britain.
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Making the Alliance a maritime power is quite tricky, especially as long as the British hold Gibraltar.
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No, the issue was always getting the Holy Alliance to pull together.
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Everyone's still exhausted from the Napoleonic Wars - it's only been twenty years - but tensions are rising. Meanwhile, the USA is happily trading with one and all, and the Spanish American colonies are getting restive.
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Spanish America left in the 1820's. In this scenario, Spain is looking to reconquer her colonies. And as romantic as the Holy Alliance was, they knew invading South America would be easier than invading the USA or an outraged Canada. So that's where they'd strike first.