06-11-2018, 08:34 AM | #3341 | |
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Not sure how they could pull off invading Britain as none of them are naval powers and the Royal Navy is someone that keeps a very close eye on developments with other powers' navies. The Royal Navy would not be above paying a visit to a power that viewed as a threat, look at what they did to Denmark twenty years before.
A Transatlantic invasion? Even more unlikely. Most likely is attempts at internal subversion of the Anglo powers. Possibly an early Cold War set in the 1820s and 1830s. Such a cold war could lead to centralization of powers in the Anglo powers which I suspect would suit Centrum just fine. Quote:
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06-11-2018, 10:21 AM | #3342 |
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Clearly this calls for an Aerial Fleet of dirigibles. The earliest powered one flew in 1852, but an alternate timeline where a large European power is trying to find a way to build a fleet inland and fly troops over the Channel might adjust things.
Such a fleet would surely be only the initial wave, and soldiers would know that they must either produce a beachhead or perish upon British Bayonets. Even so, this invading force would be but the most visible innovation. Infiltrators in British ports the world over would sabotage them all in the days leading up to the invasion, providing no port of call safe for the British Fleet. Flying Fireships may also be used to attack British naval vessels, but that is probably a losing wager in the larger war. A naval fleet would be needed, long-term, to secure logistics across the channel. Alternatively, logistical submarines might be developed here. |
06-11-2018, 10:37 AM | #3343 | ||
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Seriously weather has thwarted so many invasion attempts it's not funny - it even made a good try at the last big one across the Channel in 1944 - trying this with experimental airships.... Quote:
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06-11-2018, 10:41 AM | #3344 |
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What's France doing in all this? If France is a puppet of the three nations, England will have trouble stopping them. If France is an ally, Britain may be forced into a land war. So they stuck trying to keep France neutral as a sort of buffer state while desperately trying to maintain naval superiority. And if the three can open the ottoman ports, that's a good place to build up a navy as well.
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06-11-2018, 11:44 AM | #3345 |
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Another point I thought of at lunch- If the Holy Alliance got to the point where it was aiming at completely controlling Europe, British Foreign Policy would go tilt. British Foreign Policy for years had been built on the premise that no Power or combination of Powers be allowed to gain Domination of Europe. Once it became clear what the Holy Alliance was up to, the British would start looking for counter weights. I suspect France and Spain would get British Support. Britain would also look at causing internal trouble for the HA, lots of nationalities in Central and Eastern Europe to choose from.
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06-11-2018, 01:56 PM | #3346 | |
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06-11-2018, 02:11 PM | #3347 | |
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I agree that you need to get France on board it you're going to invade Europe. Though the low countries are likely to be very useful at well. But Britain will start a war before things get that bad... I like this war.
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06-11-2018, 03:13 PM | #3348 | |
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Britain loved to hype the Royal Navy, it discouraged their foes, but the Brits knew they had serious limits. Their Balance of Power politics were central to making sure the Royal Navy was supreme. In this scenario, Britain faces its worst nightmare, a Europe united to conquer them.
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06-11-2018, 03:19 PM | #3350 | |
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