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    AHC: Additional seemingly extremely unrealistic nationalist territorial ambitions that ultimately came to pass?

    I'm not talking of conquest of the entire nation as that's likely to be a disaster. However for instance. a) 1812 conflict - could have seen a New England Confederation if a longer war had lead to the unrest in the region at the war to become an independent state. Also that Britain regains...
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    AHC: Additional seemingly extremely unrealistic nationalist territorial ambitions that ultimately came to pass?

    It depends on the circumstances. For instance if say Napoleon had died in 1812 in Russia or even the following year and his empire collapsed then the US dow on Britain could have cost them heavily. Or if something had caused an earlier or more successful secession. Texas broke away from...
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    AHC: Additional seemingly extremely unrealistic nationalist territorial ambitions that ultimately came to pass?

    IIRC there was a skilled intelligence operation to sabotage the existing oil plants and stockpiles before the Germans managed to get their hands on them. While searching came across this from wiki - Romanian in WWI. From a brief review I may have to reverse my opinion as the Romanians gave...
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    AHC: Additional seemingly extremely unrealistic nationalist territorial ambitions that ultimately came to pass?

    Possibly although Germany is already in a bad way and hence many are seeing USW as a way to win the war. They after all don't know the allied fiscal situation. Also if somehow Russia overruns most of Anatolia - which I think is unlikely due to the logistics then that's also going to cause...
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    AHC: Additional seemingly extremely unrealistic nationalist territorial ambitions that ultimately came to pass?

    The other problem with Anatolia is terrain and logistics. Especially since with Goeben about they can't rely on control of the Black Sea. True it was never fully operational after being badly damaged by a mine but I doubt the Russians knew that. Romania wanted lands from Hungary which...
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