Formation of the NAC (was OU/NAC ship designations)

> That's the part of the whole NAC thing that is so hard to swallow,

Well we don't know how badly shafted the US economy will be by 2050.

With individual states already fighting against the Federal Govt. (and maybe
even against each other) before the British and Canadian forces step in the
chances are that resistance is disorganised and piecemeal. I guess there would
have been few actual battles but lots of little scrappy engagements.

Guessing that most of the state-of-the-art units would stay loyal to
Parham. All the UK/Canadian/Federal forces need is air superiority
and they can really hamper the rebels' logistical support even though the
rebels are mainly on hoem ground. Maybe it would come down to which side the
Navy supported, blockade the coasts and fly sorties from the CVNs

It did take 7 years. I doubt there was any nationwide organised resistance,
after all Parham is the established military. It wasn't
a Canadian/UK invasion was it? They were invited in by Parham and all
they did was help to 'pacify' the situation. ;-)

The Brits must have been playing some dirty tricks in the background as well,
otherwise I simply don't see how the could have got everyone to unite under
the crown at the end of the war.

> On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Steve Pugh wrote:

> > That's the part of the whole NAC thing that is so hard to swallow,
It was indeed a 'pacification' at the invite of Gen. Parnham's govt., not
some sort of full-out invasion. And as above and elsewhere, I doubt the
resistance to the UK/Cdn/Federal forces was organized on a nationwide
level - just seven years worth of small scale firefights, ocasional
medium sized actions, etc.

And as for the Brit. royalty takeover, the Yanks (pardon me, American
public...) is nuts over royalty anyway - see the reaction on US news to
Diana's untimely death -- far less restrained than the stuff here in
Canada and what I've heard on the BBC World Service. Offered stability under
the British constitutional monarchy after a war and economic collapse, I can
see the American public going for the idea.

In closing, just wanted to apologize for starting (accidentally) the
way-off-topic 'could the south win the 1st US Civil War"(silly
topic...)...take it to the
alt.history.what-if usegroup if you want to continue it. Let's keep this
list at least somewhat on topic:)...

I personnally want to say "Thanx", Brian.. My sentiments exactly...

> Brian Burger wrote:
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> In closing, just wanted to apologize for starting (accidentally) the