You have to carry equipment from the era. The security on this is super-strict since someone brought an iPhone M and the relevant battery in ancient Bagdad, and then forget the batteries when coming back to his time.
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May 10, 1940: «Maurice, the German main thrust will come through the Ardennes. They will reach the Meuse in two days and try to break through at Sedan.
Also, dont send the 7th army towards the Netherlands.»
France saved?
Also, dont send the 7th army towards the Netherlands.»
France saved?
Seven years war would be a possibility too... By allying with Austria the French robbed themselves the chance of european victories (i.e occupying Austrian Netherlands) therefore they lost the leverage to compensate their overseas losses. Till this is clear.
Now to convince Louis XV against the opinion of Mme Pompadour is a different and near impossible task.
Now to convince Louis XV against the opinion of Mme Pompadour is a different and near impossible task.
"Von Stauffenberg, make sure you don't leave the room when the bomb explodes. Your sacrifice for the motherland is essential to the cause".
France eventually won the war anyway so it doesn't count, you just speed up inevitable outcome.
That won't win the war, it may just change how defeat looks a bit.
Given how bitterly divided the French general staff was and how difficult it was to get new good ideas into/through it and how bad it’s communications to the field was I’m not sure if any advice given to the French military on the eve of its destruction would have mattered.
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Combat experience generally quickly rectifies such problems in militaries with competent officers and training. However combat experience can't rectify the problems of having no fuel or steel.
Battle of Manzikert
Advise Romanos to not trust Doukas and make sure the right wing understands the retreat order before the battle. Would have resulted in the withdrawal to a more defensive line, making sure it didn't end in a decisive Seljuk defeat and the drawing out would've probably led to the romans winning the war after a long time. Byzantine Control over Anatolia would remain strong and the events setting in motion the ciivl war and decline of Byzantium would not have happened. Neither would Anatolia be turkified and Byzantium with the Turkish invasion of Seljuk could have regained large parts of it's former land, exploiting the Seljuk weakness instead of vice versa and would've probably stayed a regional power, controlling Greece, Anatolia and possibly reconquering Levant. Very noticeable as it could've survived then and not collapsed (possibly at least)
Advise Romanos to not trust Doukas and make sure the right wing understands the retreat order before the battle. Would have resulted in the withdrawal to a more defensive line, making sure it didn't end in a decisive Seljuk defeat and the drawing out would've probably led to the romans winning the war after a long time. Byzantine Control over Anatolia would remain strong and the events setting in motion the ciivl war and decline of Byzantium would not have happened. Neither would Anatolia be turkified and Byzantium with the Turkish invasion of Seljuk could have regained large parts of it's former land, exploiting the Seljuk weakness instead of vice versa and would've probably stayed a regional power, controlling Greece, Anatolia and possibly reconquering Levant. Very noticeable as it could've survived then and not collapsed (possibly at least)
Depending on how you count France needed 2 to 3 years to rectify their problems prior to World War 1... and some, like the problem of the chapelles they never solved.
To get combat experience, your need to not loose the war so fast that it’s unachievable. The French had no shortages of fuel or steel so I’m not sure how that enters into the possible equation.
If the French had left the 7th army sitting at Sedan, they would have had such time. That was the entire premise of this conversation, dude. The Germans had shortages of both fuel and steel. Those shortages would remain after the French system had shaken loose the deadwood.
Regarding a different war; figure out how to say the following in ancient Greek: "Yo, Nikas, I'm a soothsayer. If you try to make the Athenians think it's too expensive to conquer Syracuse, they'll just double down on the project and invest even more. Their hubris will be their downfall."