1. What If’s?
Of Modern Military History
Excerpts from a Book by
Willard G. Preussel
To be published in 2016?
2. What if Napoleon Had Committed his
Guard at Borodino?
Napoleon Bonaparte Battle of Borodino, Russia
3. What if Wellington Had Faced Jackson
in the Battle of New Orleans?
Duke of Wellington General Andrew Jackson
4. What if Packenham Had Faced
Napoleon at Waterloo?
MG Edward Packenham Emperor Napoleon
5. What if Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and
JEB Stuart Had Been Together
Throughout the Gettysburg Campaign?
Gen Robert E. Lee JEB StuartStonewall Jackson
6. What If the Schlieffen Plan Had Been
Implemented as Envisioned by Its
Creator?
Count Alfred Graf Von Schlieffen The Schlieffen Plan
7. What If the Whites Had Won the
Russian Civil War?
White Armored Train Trotsky Addresses Red Army
8. What If There Had Been No
“Miracle at Dunkirk”?
MANEUVERS LEADING TO OPERATION
DYNAMO
9. What If the Luftwaffe Had Won the
Battle of Britain?
10. What If the Naval Resources Invested
By Germany in Surface Vessels During
WW II Had Been Invested in
Submarines Instead?
11. What if Hitler had Forgone His
Balkan Adventure?
Adolph Hitler German Paratroops in Crete
12. What if Germany Had Seized and Held
the Soviet Oil Fields?
US Raid on Ploesti Refineries Wehrmacht Advances
in Russia - 1942
13. What If the Allies Had Invaded
“Fortress Europe” in 1943?
Canadian Prisoners in Dieppe Dieppe Raid - 1942
14. What If Germany Had Utilized
Chemical Warfare in WW II?
WWI Chemical Warfare Attack WWI Troops Blinded by Gas
15. What If “Operation Valkiyrie”
Had Succeeded?
Col. Claus Graf Von Stauffenberg “Wolf’s Lair” After Explosion
16. What If the Japanese Had Launched a
Third Strike Against Pearl Harbor?
Battleship Row Under Attack Japanese Aircraft Take Off
17. What If American Carriers Had Been
Present at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 41?
18. What If Franklin Roosevelt Had
Decided Not to Invest in the
Manhattan Project?
“Fat Man” Implosion Weapon President Franklin Roosevelt
19. What If Harry Truman Had Not
Relieved Gen. Douglas McArthur?
20. What If the Linebacker I Targeting
Strategy Had Been Applied During the
Operation Rolling Thunder Timeframe?
Air Force Attack Bombers
During Operation Rolling
Thunder
Typical North Vietnam Target
