Tuesday, March 31, 2015

(Livy) Giving Up Isn't The Best Thing

Following the surrender of the Italian empire prior to 1904, three different nations decided to invade Italy. Turkey was the first to convince Italy to leave, although it did not take much to do so. Turkey invaded one of former Italy's supply centers. Austria and France followed suit. I believe these to all be good strategies to strengthen their forces. Turkey decided they had not taken enough from the Italian empire, so in Fall of 1904 Turkey invaded Tunis. Tunis, at the time prior to the invasion, belonged to the Italian empire and was their last standing supply center. Following this, the Italian empire was knocked off the map. Turkey and Russia held the best strategies in these times since they expanded and did not hold back. Russia invaded England in a surprise attack. Russia took over the supply center in Edinburgh in Fall 1904 and moved its army into Liverpool. Expansion was the best strategy in the first decade. We can see this the records of Russia and Turkey's expansion and gain of supply centers. Turkey and Russia also were exclusive as to who were their allies. They avoided having complete neutrality, like Germany and Austria did. Both Russia and Turkey did not have more than one or two allies with this came more territory to attack. They fulfilled their attacks not only by depopulating the region, but also taking their supply centers. I believe Russia and Turkey's strategies are ones that we should look at in the future as reference to gain advantages.

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