Re: Strategic Reserve.

[Douglas Smith <muskets@execpc.com>]

And Smitty replies:

    Not to mention failure to gain recognition from certain European
countries........

"B.Rumary" wrote:

> > Had it not been for railways the south would have lost much sooner than we
> > did in the War Between the States.
> >
> Sorry but the poor state of many railroads in Dixie was one reason that
> meant they hadn't really got much chance in defeating the Union in a long
> war of attrition.
>
> Both the Confederacy and the Japanese in WW2 tried to win against superior
> forces, using a knock-out blow and much better generals. Both failed because
> the blow failed to achieve total history and the were then worn down by the
> side with greater productive capacity.
>
> Brian Rumary, England
>
> http://freespace.virgin.net/brian.rumary/homepage.htm