The Empire in 1924 thread
In the French "butterflies 1924 consensus" thread Cody2 made me think about the British Army in Big Dave's scenario.What does the "unfinished business on the Continent" mean for the British Army and...
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borys68 wrote:Does the Duke of Wellington's army in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 count? Or was it sent there after the Usurpator had broken the terms of the Treaty? BorysThey were there in...
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It vood be an eevil Plan to tvart ze Krauts. Nobody in Berlizn vould sink about putting vizdrawal of ze Brtitischers from Frankreich into ze Warendingpeacetreaty. I myself am uneasy about Imperial...
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A standard trick in debates is the bait-and-switch. It is normally used as in this case to shift focus from a larger, more general issue to a small and specific one. It's a valid debating trick, and...
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borys68 wrote:It vood be an eevil Plan to tvart ze Krauts. Nobody in Berlizn vould sink about putting vizdrawal of ze Brtitischers from Frankreich into ze Warendingpeacetreaty. I myself am uneasy...
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Mark your argument is this, agree with what I suggest or you are being unreasonable. Agree with what I suggest or you are saying X historic figure is a fool and they clearly were not a fool. Agree...
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miketr wrote:Keep the troops in the UK, it really is that simple. I don't see the French accepting... What? A dozen divisions, call it quarter million British and Empire troops in France for years...
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miketr wrote:Fred the Great wrote:You know Mark's right that the British have based troops overseas in peacetime (and still do). You're just trying to make the very weak point that they hadn't done so...
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There would be one crisis. And it would be relatively early after the war.The war is concluded with the peace conference in 1918, So some British troops would stay until early 1919, but they'd be...
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stevep59 wrote:miketr wrote:Fred the Great wrote:You know Mark's right that the British have based troops overseas in peacetime (and still do). You're just trying to make the very weak point that they...
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Mike: Again I don't like the idea at all of British troops in NE France in Peace Time.I think we all got this early on. What I have consistently been asking is that you justify your dislike in...
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Well, the marrow here contains economic juices! I am in the process of reading the History of the Ministry of Munitions, which I bought a few months back, and it really is brimming with extraordinary...
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miketr wrote:What is the path of least resistance, troops on British territory or troops on Foreign territory?Do cantonments need to be in France at all to meet British needs? Michael Michael I...
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"...Fred, P3D, Borys and Steve have gently been pointing out that this does serve both British and French interests..." First of all why don't you let other people speak for themselves Mark? I have...
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stevep59 wrote: I would say clearly keeping things as they are. The army maintains a greatly reduced presence in France to achieve the targets already mentioned. Keeping things in France is a war...
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Mike: Mark yesterday I debated very strongly as to whether to block your account or not.Then speaking as one of two admins on the APOD site and as a veteran of the BBvsBB Submarine Wars years ago (ask...
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MarkLBailey wrote:Mike: Mark yesterday I debated very strongly as to whether to block your account or not.Then speaking as one of two admins on the APOD site and as a veteran of the BBvsBB Submarine...
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I did not know that! Learn something every day. Cheers: Mark
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miketr wrote:stevep59 wrote: I would say clearly keeping things as they are. The army maintains a greatly reduced presence in France to achieve the targets already mentioned. Keeping things in...
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