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Re: Strategic Reserve.
- Subject: Re: Strategic Reserve.
- From: Douglas Smith <muskets@execpc.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 22:40:36 -0500
- Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.europe,alt.railroad,aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
- Organization: ExecPC Internet - Milwaukee, WI
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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