Re: [OT] Invading America

At 05:37  30/05/02 +0200, you wrote:
>Actually, I see the possible course of events differently.
>
>I'm not too familiar with the American Navy and the strength of its
>Army ca.1900-1910, but I don't think that
>- The Navy would have been able to cover the whole coastline from
>Canada to Florida, nor that
>- The Army (even with associated militias) would have been able to
>adequately defend every port along that coast.
>
>So it seems quite possible that the invaders might have achieved a
>surprise landing with little opposition and been able to establish a
>bridgehead. But after that, they would have had massive problems, with
>their supply lines threatened by the US (and possibly other) Navies and
>the US army concentrating against them.
>
>Greetings
>Karl Heinz

I'm of the opinion that the German Invasion would have been a
demonstration 
rather than a war of conquest.

"We've got New York, play ball or else"

Cheers

Derek

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