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One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was?
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the discovery of lees battle plans
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What battle represented the unions deepest thrust into southern territory?
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Had lee stayed in the union army how long do you think the civil war would have lasted?
Only a few weeks. It would have been a quick thrust towards Richmond.
How did the Civil War affect women and their proper spheres?
Like all wars, it thrust women into all manner of jobs that they had not been prepared for, and they made a better job of it than anyone could have foreseen. 'Proper Spheres' had literally gone with the wind.
Why do historians say that the US won the war but lost the peace?
Is this in reference to WWII? If so, clearly the USA won almost nothing fighting Germany in the European theatre. The British supposedly got involved in attacking Germany in order to free Poland from foreign domination. However, by backing the Soviets, the British and Americans got a replacement regime about as bad as the Nazis, perhaps worse. Yes, Britain and America liberated France/Belgium and about half of Germany from tyranny, but the only reason France/Belgium were occupied to begin with was the Polish issue. Germany itself, as a people, neither required nor desired 'liberation'. To top it off, the concessions so quickly granted the Soviets resulted in a massive dictatorial empire ruling the Balkans for fifty years. Soviet expansion into the middle east and Africa also followed. In the Far East things could hardly have gone worse for the Americans. Again, the Americans got into the war to protect China from Japan. (Japan only attacked American possessions in 1941 in order to hobble the USA which was enforcing economic sanctions against Japan over the China issue). Ultimately the USA did completely crush the Japanese and all of their empire was re-distributed. But who benefited? By crushing the Japanese home islands, the Americans enabled to Soviets to easily defeat the Japanese armies in China. The vast arms so captured were given to the despotic tyrant, Mao, who used them to overrun the entire Chinese mainland. Probably the greatest slaughter of humanity in all history ensued from this takeover. China became an overt enemy of the USA that has only in very recent history begun to partially warm to America. The takeover of China led immediately to a Soviet inspired invasion of Korea, another x-colony of Japan. The USA had to step in and suffer massive casualties just to ensure freedom for half of that nation, with an occupation that continues sixty years later. Further south the results were just as bad. The Japanese were thrust out of Indochina, resulting in the French attempting to re-establish their control. A bloodly civil war ensued which ultimatly brought in the American army. Vast casualties and incalculable treasure was lost fighting this war, basically an extention of a colonial war. The USA still reels when confronted with similar situations. Thus, while American arms were everywhere successful, the peace was won by more deft political manuevering of the Soviets who expanded their empire over China, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, half of Germany, and Cuba. The USA was left defending a slice of Germany and the Japanese home islands, where substantial American forces remain to this day. So inept was American political posturing at this time that all thought of victory vanished and a simple policy of 'containment' ensued. This ethically bankrupt policy continued until President Reagan came to power in the 1980s and quickly cut the Gordian knot put together by Roosevelt/Truman/Eisenhower/LBJ/Carter and company.
What if Canada were to invade the US?
The large scale invasion of the United States by Canada, would be impractical by military standards. It is within Canada's military capability to annex Alaska and in an effort to answer your question we will look at that specific scenario. More then likely a preemptive suprise attack would be likely targeting air fields and ports. Since nearly all the ports in Alaska are within air strike distance and a standing navy is not usually present the initial air attack by Canada would focus on airfields. Ensuing land forces would more then likely secure and terminate the oil pipeline and disable and fortify rail and highway access towards Alaska while blostering border fortifications along the continental US. A quick land thrust securing the ports in Alaska and capturing the Captial Juno would be a political target. Navy mobilization from Hawaii by the USA would begin immediately and move to reclaim the ports. The US would not likely engage in a retalitory land strike into Canada but border relations would be tense. It would be a logistical and political nightmare to fully enage along the US\Canada border with conflicts more then likely raging at the Canada \ Alaska border. It would be possible for a retalitory capture of Toronto but that would mearly act as a political bargaining chip. It would be possible for Canada to secure Alaska indefinately (successfully capturing it) but the political fallout would far outweigh any gain of annexxing Alaska. They would be more apt to incite Alaska to cede from the USA and peacefully join Canada in which the political retaliation would be diminished. The capture of Alaska by Canada would more then likely be an espionage\propoganda driven event rather then military. In the event of a full land invasion into the 48 continental states the odds of success are nearly 0%. With the gun laws and infrastucture as they stand in the US the Canadian military simply could not maintain an extended invasion. They literally would run out of ammunition before reaching the Ohio river (Based on a rough calculation of lbs of ammo manufactured and distributed and a conservative lbs of ammo expendded per square mile) and the general weapons and ammunition manufacturing is in the southern part of the USA. The northern front gets fed ammo from the south while the invading army gets progressively further away from their ammunition production facilities. In addition the highways provide civilians high mobility in an insurgence scenario making the simple economics of invading the USA a dangerous proposition leaving the door open not only for rebuking the invaders but following up and counter-attacking leaving Canada with either suing for peace or becoming annexxed themselves. And quite frankly once Canada hit Chicago the Candian Army would have bigger things to worry about then the USA military... Chicago can be a rough town even by military standards... Now if Canada and Mexico were allies and attacked then things get interesting (two fronts), throw in some South American countries and now you have a serious threat. The key would be to secure the coasts so Washington, Oregon, California would be ideal targets for Mexico and the New England coast to Florida would be idea for Canada. Cut across in the south then move up the middle along the Mississippi fanning off from there may work, but no matter what it would take a declariation of surrender from the State Govenors and possible the state's represenatives for the international community to accept Canada\Mexico's conquests if that would ever happen.
One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into North Antietam was?
Seizure of a stone bridge over Antietam Creek by Union forces.
How do you stuff 2 olives up your nose?
Add some thrust, and increase the terminal velocity thus, enabling more nose-olive accessibility
What is the function of the crayfish's telson?
They use it mainly for propulsion through the water. Flexing the tail rapidly produces thrust - enabling the crayfish to escape its predators.
What is thrust capacity?
Thrust Capacity is how much thrust it can take :D
Which airway technique will prevent movement of the head spinal cord and neck.?
Jaw-Thrust Technique
What is thrust angle?
The angle at which you thrust.
Were is Thrust Lake in Pokemon?
there is no thrust lake.
Is thrust a verb?
It can be as in "He thrust his sword into his enemy", however it can also be a noun as in "The thrust of the rocket was enormous".
What is a forward thrust city?
A forward thrust city is a city that has been thrust forward into things
What is the past tense of the word thrust?
Past tense and past participle(V3) of thrust is thrust itself.
What is the past participle of thrust?
The past participle is thrust.
What is the plural of thrust?
The plural form of thrust is thrusts.
