Airedale260
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I agree that this is indeed the most likely scenario and accurate depiction of OTL events.
Teaboo - LOL! Didn;t know this expression
As to Bermuda - yes, this is the dagger on America's throat.
Eh, not really. Bermuda’s harbor isn’t sheltered from storms and so any sizable force is at significant risk of getting wrecked by Mother Nature. Hence why cutting them off from Halifax is critical: it was the only real port they had (Quebec City wasn’t big enough IIRC, and also way out of position). Plus Bermuda is at greater risk: The USN could stage out of multiple points (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston, Miami, Key West, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), and Panama. The RN technically had facilities in the western Atlantic, but nothing that could support a significantly large force like the fleet at Scapa Flow.
That said it’s very likely Bermuda is demanded by the Americans along with other British and possibly French possessions simply to keep them the hell out of the Americas
And Bermuda can't be held for more than a few months if the HSF keeps the bulk of the Grand Fleet stuck in the UK
Oh no question it’ll fall. The RN had to keep all of its modern ships at Scapa; the North Atlantic likely becomes a no-man’s land because neither side can project sufficient force across it.
Maybe. Depends if "white peace" or "curbstomp".
Hard to say. If it’s just Bizarro Wilson being an ass about war (and it would be weird because IRL Wilson was actually extremely pro-British), and war is declared just for the hell of it, Britain gets a white peace and Wilson is out on his ass in November because the public was largely isolationist (indeed that mentality wouldn’t change until the Korean War broke out).
If, however, the British or the French have done something to massively piss off the Americans, it’s going to be a war to the knife because we Americans go batshit insane when attacked. If the British do that, the U.S. Army is going to swell to an insane size, Canada is going to get wrecked and then eaten, and then we start building our forces to get across. Oh and we throw tons of support behind Irish separatists, who are going to be quite delighted because they couldn’t stand working with the Germans, whereas the Americans are an entirely different ballgame. And that means a massive manpower drain and distraction when Britain cannot afford it.
As for France, they’re fucked, no question. It’s only a question of just how hard they get fucked.