I agree up to a point. The Kruger telegram really hacked people off and I would argue signaled Germany's imperial pretensions. Massey's book is excellent. Mel ...
Doug, My bad, you're quite correct. Mel From: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Melville Sent: 01 August 2008...
... drained ... and ... good ... One might want Iceland and Greenland both for German ships. One would suffice, but two coaling stops would also permit the...
1896. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_telegram Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote: Yes, i agree, Kruger telegram was a bad tactical mistake,...
Gentlemen, You might want to start snipping your threads. As a "digest" format consumer I am seeing several hundred lines of "replied to" message with a ...
I snipped MY threads, it earned me a NO RESPONSE on my Savannah Georgia invasion plan suggestion. ... -- CTA1 Tracy Johnson, USNR, (Ret.) Old text games at: ...
In fact, the situation really changed in 1896 with the Kruger Telegram. After this bit of foolishness by the Kaiser, Germany replaced France as Britain's major...
I'm interested in doing a little research into navies of the pre-seven years war period. Any recommendations of publications or internet sites where I should...
Thanks for everything so far gentlemen you certainly know your stuff and I am really glad i asked you for your thoughts. It seems to me that the plan to attack...
... I've found several books on naval history (mainly as to the Royal Navy) at Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/texts Including most of the...
I strongly recommend that you visit - http://www.voy.com/39735/ IMHO, the best Age of Sail forum on the internet. Byron ... From: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com...
Sorry this reply is so late but I've been away. I read an historical-fiction book a few years ago on this very subject. It was called '1901' and was by a chap...
... FWIW, I must cordially disagree with Richard Wimpenny about _1901_'s value. I read it a couple of years ago, but still remember vividly how horrid it was....
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... _1901_'s value. I read it a couple of years ago, but still remember vividly how horrid it was. It was poorly conceived, poorly plotted, and poorly...
Gentlemen, Â I, too, agree on the quality of '1901'. I was just mentioning that it was 'out there' and was on the subject under discussion. I did not mean my...
... I agree that '1901' is not the greatest alternate history. The author seems to specialize in this genre (I saw one recently he wrote on the American Civil...
Hi All, Aside from Wikipedia does anyone have any infor re the naval side of the Balkan Wars? I have the Conway Turkish Steam Navy title and access to a...
Richard Wimpenny wrote: "the American government brings former Confederate LtGen James Longstreet out of retirement as the US Army commander and a few future...
Here in mid-Tennessee we have a new newsletter: HMGS-MidSouth The offical newsletter blog of the Mid-South Chapter of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society ...
I have an Arco reprint of the The Naval Annual 1913 which devotes a chapter to the Turco-Italian War in the Med including some line drawings of Turkish...
... I have a copy of the reprint of the 1913 Naval Annual also. I've never seen or heard of a reprint of a 1914 Naval Annual. I have the ARCO reprint of the...
Normally the "lessons" of a small war would have been written about in nauseating detail, but WW I came along so soon after the Balkan Wars that there wasn't...
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