Broadcast message from shoham@ll.mit.edu as Russia in barney:
>> I encouraged France to send as much of his fleet as possible
>>to break the Turkish lines, while warning him against vacating France
>>too much. Unfortunately, he went a little too far (for my taste) on
>>vacating France.
>I still do not see how I could have been successful otherwise,
>successful meaning a breakthrough.
Is that the definition of success? Even if your head hits the block next?
If making yourself open to a stab is the price for a breakthrough, is it not better not to have that breakthrough?
>it really came down to putting more
>fleets around the Ionian than Turkey and forcing my way through.
>I don't see how I could have accomplished this without either
>(a) English fleets (unacceptable)
One English fleet at the front would have been acceptable. It might have even dissuaded England from stabbing if he had priority for post-break-through supply center capture.
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