Randomsol

Anon for a boring reason. Mainly Law/ military history.

Likes and retweets probably because I pressed the wrong button.

Diversity makes us stronger.

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@EchoesofWarYT He'd have been sending tired troops uphill without reinforcements or resupply

The same fences, cuts and walls that would devil Pickett would have been there

And it would be remembered as Ewell's folly in the same way Cold Harbour is for Grant

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@ThackhamJosh @FennellJW @AlanDuncan1971 Reality is Ukraine seems to show that ranges of at least https://t.co/VA7dtjoIQJ are likely to be drone dominated
So these are only ever going to be rear area anyway

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@CorpBarnaby Thanks for the run through. Enjoyed it and learnt some things.

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@Swampist The reality is that Longstreet was correct when he told Lee that it was impossible
However they attacked a battered handful would reach the wall.
There were no reinforcements, whilst the Union held both flanks in strength and had reserves and artillery

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@ManifestHistory Except simply not true

https://t.co/iVI3TGHuUQ

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@DanNeidle Interesting thought - how much money has TPA identified in schemes that have significant issues.

Would having a team just going through rapidly identifying schemes that fail outright backed by swift enforcement allow you to get some of this quickly?

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@HiddenHistoryYT In June 1940 the UK stood alone after a string of NAZI victories.
In November 1942 the Allies had the USA and the USSR . Germany had been weakened in Russia, and defeated in El Alamein.
Whilst it would take more bloody years, the French knew that liberation was coming in 1942

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@Hilakestrout @CorpBarnaby Strong argument that his handling of artillery, and marshalling of ammunition usage was instrumental on day 2, and decisive on day 3

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@USGrant1227 @ChrisForPA For the record the British love the American people. They are our cousins and our blood has been shared from the mountains of Afghanistan, to the jungles of the Pacific, to the seas of the Atlantic

We've fought wars against each other, but when it counted we are both there

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@FEC0702 @Celticlown @CorpBarnaby Picketts charge used the very last of their artillery ammunition. Huge parts of Lees army were casualties
DC had fortifications that would need artillery to take
Even if Lee had somehow carried the field, the Union army would have been able to reinforce whilst Lee could not

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@chiefmarquis20 @RealCynicalFox Reality is that Lee had failed to grasp the Union army he was facing was not the same as he had fought before. There were more veterans, with more equipment.

As demonstrated on day 3, they were prepared to face a charge, and apart from a few units hold rather than break.

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@chiefmarquis20 @RealCynicalFox Whilst not Mr Fox- it is questionable how much of a difference he could make.
Union was fighting on good ground, had reorganised their artillery and had plentiful ammunition for it.
And Lee had no way to get more troops or ammunition, regardless of the outcome of the battle

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@Yostmeister @CorpBarnaby Probably worse, he'd have been throwing tired units without preparation, or artillery support, into the attack with limited day left

And they had no real idea of how many or how close the union reinforcements might be

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@CorpBarnaby As Stuart was yet to arrive, would mean disengaging without either scouting or a cavalry screen and advancing into hostile territory

Added to which they had no way to replace ammunition or losses from the first day, whilst the Union could.

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@CWBreakfastClub I think this is the simple answer of how each side walked forward in line into the enemy guns.

And appropriate that its also the day of the Somme, where the same bloody mistakes would be made.

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@CorpBarnaby "right lads, I want you to go there, 50 yards from the rest of us"
"Yes sir, and what then?"
"Stand there whilst they all shoot at you"

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@Battlefields Custer of course was 23 years old

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@fousjemen @Clint_Davey1 Malta at the time had outdated Gladiators and Hurricanes, which were suffering heavy losses

And RAF was reconstituting after Battle of Britain so would be a while to any airframes available

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@sonickydon @Clint_Davey1 @fousjemen The Cretans were amazingly brave and loyal allies.

No disrespect to them, or their sacrifice, is intended by identifying the difficulties that would have been inherent.

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@Clint_Davey1 @fousjemen Whilst they could have won the battle, as pointed out Germany had air superiority.
The island could not have been held, and German mistakes in fact allowed the evacuation which saves troops that would be vital later in the war.