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Binkov's Battlegrounds 'Could the EU military conquer the UK?'
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Originally posted by Auldsod View Post...What does everyone think of the 'Ireland campaign' aspects?
if an EU force managed to position itself in Ireland, it still needs to get across the water - that, and the beachead, as demonstrated time and time again - are appallingly dangerous choke points. its far more effective to save the flying artillery and the RN for interdiction of something thats already difficult enough.
a second, huge benefit of the 'Useful Britain' doctrine is that the EU force gets to deal with NI. staging an opposed amphibious landing is one thing, doing it with a low level insurection at your back door is something else entirely...
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Exactly my thoughts. Militarily it makes no sense to try hang onto the North and invade the South. Politically though, would the British not have to view Enniskillen as being the same as Finchley? It leaves open the interesting scenario where the bulk of British forces are retained on the 'mainland' and Ireland as an invading European state moving on Northern Ireland. How would the Irish Defence Forces fare attacking into the North against just the forces already there with reserves and assuming very limited reinforcement from the rest of the UK to hold the line. Maybe just the use of the 'flying artillery' and the addition of few artillery batteries? All fantastical of course.
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