Re: [OT] Invading America

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>>>
>>>While we are on the subject, recently a historian checking German
>>>archives found plans drawn up for a German Invasion of America under
>>>Kaiser Wilhelm before the first World War:
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>>The American civil population would have made life bloody hard on
>>them. The sheer size of the country and distances involved would have
>>made them aghast at what it takes to get from A to B. All the while,
>>they'd have been harrassed on all sides by a civil populous bent on
>>stopping them.
>
>Sounds vaguely like what Hitler learned trying to invade Russia in
WWII.
>
>3B^2

Well, the Ukranians welcomed the Germans at first, and the Cossack
regions 
out of the Steppe were also welcoming. What messed that up was the
policy 
that all Slavs were subhuman. Then there's the sheer numbers of Hiwi's
in 
German units, often as part of the fighting strength.

My line is that certain parts of the US would have resisted hard, but
other 
parts would have been easier.

John S.


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