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Paleologue

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7. Not really the same

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #6)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:43 PM

Feb 2018

The Confederacy didn't need a military victory in order to "win". They just needed to drag the war on long enough to convince the United States that it wasn't worth continuing to fight just to keep the Union together and to abolish slavery in the states that had it.

Germany DID need to win a military victory and force the surrender of all of the Allied powers, something it had very little chance to do, and none at all after the United States came into the war.

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Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII [View all] bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 OP

1. Never start a land war in Asia maxsolomon Jan 2018 #1

unless that war's purpose is control at home: "we have always been at war with east asia" nt msongs Jan 2018 #3

Yikes! The parallels are astounding. TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #2

A guy who thought he was smarter than his generals (on military matters)... nt ExciteBike66 Jan 2018 #4

Germany lost the war because it had almost no chance to win it. aranthus Jan 2018 #5

Much like the South had little chance on defeating the North. Kaleva Feb 2018 #6

Not really the same Paleologue Feb 2018 #7

I say you are mistaken Kaleva Feb 2018 #8

No, they couldn't Paleologue Feb 2018 #9

This might be slightly off topic, but I think one major reasons for the South's defeat thucythucy Mar 2018 #10

With Military Leaders Like Steerpike May 2018 #11