| Old Contemptibles | 18 Jun 2015 2:45 p.m. PST |
U.K.'s former defence chief Lord Bramall called Waterloo "the first NATO operation." Would you agree? |
| Old Contemptibles | 18 Jun 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
It posted before I was ready for it to. Editor Bill, would you please cross post this topic to the Napoleonic Discussion and the appropriate modern board? Thanks, |
| IanKHemm | 18 Jun 2015 3:39 p.m. PST |
Not NATO in any way considering that France and the US were allied and conspicuously absent. There's also the position of Russia to consider.
No. It was just the last anti-Bonaparte alliance. |
| Ivan DBA | 18 Jun 2015 5:06 p.m. PST |
Nice try, but no. It was merely the latest episode in Britain's long-running(and thankfully usually successful) effort to keep Europe divided… |
| Patrick R | 18 Jun 2015 9:13 p.m. PST |
They conspicuously forget that Europe allied many times before Napoleon to check the ambitions of Louis XIV, which gave us the very first "world war" in 1704 … |
| MajorB | 19 Jun 2015 6:24 a.m. PST |
U.K.'s former defence chief Lord Bramall called Waterloo "the first NATO operation." No. Don't be silly. |
| Martin Rapier | 19 Jun 2015 6:54 a.m. PST |
The point he was making was that it was a multi-national operation under one command. Sadly the good Field Marshal probably never had a chance to read about Marlboroughs wars at Sandhurst as he was wartime commission. |
| darthfozzywig | 19 Jun 2015 8:08 a.m. PST |
Thank goodness the Allies defeated Napoleon and prevented his goal of a European union politically and economically led by France. Oh. |
| gamershs | 19 Jun 2015 1:53 p.m. PST |
Try the Seven Years War:
Prussia + England + Hanover vs Austria + France + Russia + Empire. With Bavaria and other smaller powers taking sides in Europe. Throw in England's colonies in North America vs French Colonies in North America. With fighting in India, Caribbean and South Africa(????). |
| 14Bore | 19 Jun 2015 3:22 p.m. PST |
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| JimDuncanUK | 20 Jun 2015 3:30 a.m. PST |
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| vtsaogames | 20 Jun 2015 9:58 a.m. PST |
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does his research, selects his colors, and goes forth!
