tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post7091447978192280872..comments2024-03-29T11:57:40.881+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: The Strackenzian RevolutionRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60937275400709502892013-06-20T08:35:41.451+01:002013-06-20T08:35:41.451+01:00Archduke Piccolo,
I suspect that by 1914 Stracken...Archduke Piccolo,<br /><br />I suspect that by 1914 Strackenz would have become partially industrialised but remained essentially pastoral.<br /><br />Any heavy industry would have been concentrated in Strackenz City with some mining taking place in the Jotun Gipfel hills. It would have been the urban proletariat who would have formed the bulk of the People's Militia, with a smattering of left-wing students from the University of Strackenz making up most of the rest. Their loss would not have weighed nearly as heavily upon the minds of the Strackenzian capitalists as would the loss of their beloved factories and mines. (You can always recruit more workers, but building factories!)<br /><br />Von Sapten's <i>Freikorps</i> would have been recruited from the sturdy and essentially conservative Strackenzian peasants who would have been recruited into the Army. They would have had little love for the effete urban workers and the students.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. The accent sounded fine over the Internet!Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-14154456507548821622013-06-20T00:40:37.360+01:002013-06-20T00:40:37.360+01:00One thing is for sure: if by 1914 Strakenz had bec...One thing is for sure: if by 1914 Strakenz had become highly industrialised (not implausible - there may have been coal and iron ore in them there hills and mountains), there will be some capitalist types who would be wondering where their proletariat was going to come from after a massacree like that!<br /><br />"Plus ca change, plus cela meme chose". (I wish I knew how to do accents...)...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-77765831347805182922013-06-19T18:46:57.505+01:002013-06-19T18:46:57.505+01:00Chris,
I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed...Chris,<br /><br />I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed this battle report.<br /><br />I think the Strackenzians would share your dread of the rise of the Nazis ... but you cannot prevent the inevitable.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-20732812021705130182013-06-19T17:50:33.063+01:002013-06-19T17:50:33.063+01:00Another great AAR! And it was interesting to see ...Another great AAR! And it was interesting to see the march of history. <br /><br />I dread the coming of the Nazis, though.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05091296131481416326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-6996858152057826652013-06-19T16:36:36.041+01:002013-06-19T16:36:36.041+01:00Sean,
I am glad that you enjoyed reading this bat...Sean,<br /><br />I am glad that you enjoyed reading this battle report.<br /><br />If the Militia had dug trenches or had artillery, I suspect that the result would have been rather less one-sided.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-22411747026865766062013-06-19T14:41:01.935+01:002013-06-19T14:41:01.935+01:00Interesting report. I was surprised that the Revol...Interesting report. I was surprised that the Revolutionaries lasted as long as they did. Seems like they took a beating and never came to grips with the freikorps.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.com