1910: Navy of the Pacific
After the dissolution of the US because of foreign recognition of the CSA (by Spain, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Ottoman Empire), and teh 1862 assassinations (Lincoln, Hamlin, Chase, McClellan, as...
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The chief threat could be from Japan, so I'd build the fleet on that basis. Russia is less likely to attack this state, unless it believes that it can do so without any other major power moving in....
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Population in 1910 is sufficient to support a navy with 14,000 to 15,500 personnel, excluding marines (about 1,500). Industrial capacity is sufficient to produce armor plate up to about 8 in and...
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To Dave: Main concern is Japan. The country has significant trading interests in China and there is significant friction there. It also has some "issues" with Spain (which still holds the Philippines;...
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If the main worry is Japan and your trade, then watch out for their hybrid armoured/battlecruisers c.1910. These vessels can do c.25 knots and have a twin 12-inch turret at each end. I'd therefore...
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Los Angelos, California is more then 5,000 miles from Tokyo. If you cannot get along with someone located that far away then something is seriously wrong with your diplomacy. Same goes for Spanish...
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If Alaska is part of this nation, then that's a lot closer to Japan & pretty much defenceless all on its own.If Imperial Japan really wanted the place (with its gold and timber) then a quick naval...
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If Japan is trying to swallow China as happened historically from 1890s onward they have their hands full. Alaska has nothing to worry about besides earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Dave Bender wrote:Los Angelos, California is more then 5,000 miles from Tokyo. If you cannot get along with someone located that far away then something is seriously wrong with your diplomacy. Same...
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Now, for a pretext to attack somebody to get some Pacific islands. Formosa, maybe?Canada, Mexico, Deseret and the Kingdom of Hawaii are much closer. All of those places offer more economic gain for...
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If the Fed of the Pac has no expansionist policy like the USA at the end of the 19th century, then it only needs a coastal naval force.This frees up the central Pacific for colonial expansion by Japan...
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Dave Bender wrote:Now, for a pretext to attack somebody to get some Pacific islands. Formosa, maybe?Canada, Mexico, Deseret and the Kingdom of Hawaii are much closer. ...Read More
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Current working OOB Battleships: 2, both ordered 1898 and entered service 1902 Armored (First Class) cruisers: 3, all singletons, one ordered 1901 and entered service 1905, one 1892/1897, and one...
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