“I don’t think the south stood a chance militarily”
I would have to disagree with this one. In terms of raw military power --and the lack thereof on the Yankee side at the time-- The south could have won at bulls run if they had more of a blitz doctrine and rushed for the capital
“I don’t think the south stood a chance militarily”
I would have to disagree with this one. In terms of raw military power --and the lack thereof on the Yankee side at the time-- The south could have won at bulls run if they had more of a blitz doctrine and rushed for the capital
Yeah it seems that the only way to win a war when you lack an advantage in industrial capacity is to decapitate the enemy early on. Germany made the same mistake during Barbarossa
People underestimate how easily the South could've won not because of Bull Run but because the CSA had very different win conditions to achieve their war goals than the North did. For the North to win they had to conquer / rule the South, for the CSA to win it just had to defend itself and not get conquered, it did not have to invade the North, conquer its cities etc
“I don’t think the south stood a chance militarily”
I would have to disagree with this one. In terms of raw military power --and the lack thereof on the Yankee side at the time-- The south could have won at bulls run if they had more of a blitz doctrine and rushed for the capital
Yeah it seems that the only way to win a war when you lack an advantage in industrial capacity is to decapitate the enemy early on. Germany made the same mistake during Barbarossa
People underestimate how easily the South could've won not because of Bull Run but because the CSA had very different win conditions to achieve their war goals than the North did. For the North to win they had to conquer / rule the South, for the CSA to win it just had to defend itself and not get conquered, it did not have to invade the North, conquer its cities etc