‘a Strong Alliance Was the Most Important Reason for a Country to Succeed in War’. to What Extent Do You Agree with This View of the Period from 1792 to 1945?

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‘A strong alliance was the most important reason for a country to succeed in war’. To what extent do you agree with this view of the period from 1792 to 1945? When considering alliances it is important to note that whilst strong alliances can lead directly to success and mostly weak alliances are counter-productive, having a weak or strong alliance doesn’t equate firmly to success for either side. It would be fair to say however that not having an alliance has more of an impact than having one does as, especially in limited war, success can be achieved by the side who manages to isolate their enemy from having alliances with other countries, or simply weakening their current alliances; Austria and Hungary both became weaker as they drifted away from each other in World War One. Ultimately however it must be said that throughout the period alliances change in their importance, but they generally become more decisive during longer conflicts, as alliances are helpful to sustain numbers of men, supplies going to them, and increasing the scale of your side of the war. Therefore I would say it is fair to argue that whilst alliances are crucial if you don’t have them, when you do other factors such as supplies, technology and the size of your army have to be right as well. The argument that alliances can make a real difference in whether or not you win or lose the war is well founded and has plenty of examples throughout the period to be made. In Napoleonic France there was the general issue that each country was fighting its own unilateral battle with Napoleon, and signed agreements individually with him, and not with each other. The individualistic nature of the fighting meant that the attack was easier for Napoleon to fight off, as he wasn’t overpowered by the scale, and could gather enough supplies to maintain it; whereas if he had fought all the countries at the

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