Any Nation Anytime...

[Keroro]

Macedonia in June, 323 BCE. My generals would be loyal to me, right?

 

[Alpha Killer II]

I noticed that no one chose Napoleon durin the 1800s, If I was him, I would capture spain, britain, italy, austria-hungary, prussia, and possibly the ottomans (Not Russia, the cold winds will destroy my troops, Napoleon shoulda realized dat)

PS: hehehe, I wonder if I can do dis twice =]

 

[Plotinus]

You'd capture Britain, would you. And how would you do all that when Napoleon failed? And why?

 

[Kal'thzar]

Change the American revolt. Britian FWD (For world Domination )

 

[innonimatu]

I noticed that no one chose Napoleon durin the 1800s, If I was him, I would capture spain, britain, italy, austria-hungary, prussia, and possibly the ottomans (Not Russia, the cold winds will destroy my troops, Napoleon shoulda realized dat)

Actually Spain was the beginning of the end for Napoleon (he admitted it himself). It wasn't the russian winter that defeated his imperial project, but the very ideology that first gave him his armies - nationalism.
Despite the way he rose, Napoleon's plan was still conceived according to the old european order, pre-french revolution. His attempt to create an empire encompassing all of Europe was doomed to failure because of the ideas his advancing armies spread: conservatives opposed him because they believed he represented liberalism. Liberals opposed him because they wanted the freedom promised by liberalism and eventually would see him as a foreign oppressor.

About the question... Assuming I knew what would come, I would take Portugal 1481, get the iberian union right, make sure Columbus never returned to Spain (gaining some time), and start settling North America instead of spending resources going for Asia or in the jungles of South America. Of course, no one then could guess the coal and iron of North America would, centuries later, become more valuable that the spices of Asia...

Assuming I would have no knowledge of the future, Spain 1587 (Phillip II was such an incompetent!). Appoint a competent admiral for a fleet to get the largest possible army into England and thoroughly destroy it! Recruit as many mercenaries as possible, take and burn the main ports in England, defeat organized resistance and then withdraw the main army and abandon the mercenaries on the island.

 

[Kal'thzar]

About the question... Assuming I knew what would come, I would take Portugal 1481, get the iberian union right, make sure Columbus never returned to Spain (gaining some time), and start settling North America instead of spending resources going for Asia or in the jungles of South America. Of course, no one then could guess the coal and iron of North America would, centuries later, become more valuable that the spices of Asia...

Or heaven forbid the masses of Gold in South america, which you could actually use at the present time and become powerfull instead of being trounced by say France.

Or even worse to your plans, England Colonises South America, and in a series of silver/gold funded wars snaps up the rest of the colonies due to its postion as an Island.

Seriously, go for gold

 

[Nuka-sama]

Great Britain, 1760, stop the revolution and cancel all the bloody taxes

 

[Kal'thzar]

Great Britain, 1760, stop the revolution and cancel all the bloody taxes

I'm unsure on that, stopping the taxes just means the colonists know what power they have, it might be best to just deceisly defeat them, and offer them represenatation and tax them anyway.

that might lead to a federalised Great British Empire.

 

[Zuffox]

I would probably write an elaborate will and post-mortem plan during the Macedonian campaigns under Alexander the Great - ya know, just in case.

 

[Norseman2]

Spain 1935. I would prevent the assassination attempt and civil war by uniting the anarchists and the communists under anarcho-communism. After that, I wouldn't really have any political power, but I'd still have influence, and I would use that to convince people to either start their own revolutions and merge with Spain as a transnational entity, or to simply move to areas which are already a part of said transnational entity. When (if) WWII rolls around, we do things the easy way: one guy with a fake ID, a sniper rifle, and a cyanide pill.

 

[West 36]

Rome, after Trajan.
Macedonia, at Alexanders death: THE EMPIRE WOULD BE MINE. No one elses. Idk how. But it is, so no arguing. Shut up Ptolemy. You can be governor somewhere. Then I'd go on and counquer more. woot.
Aztecs, some years before 1492
Napoleon-no invasion of Russia. for a while anyway.
Germany, 1940- no invasion of Russian. for a while anyway.
Germany 1916- invent tank earlier. in fact, screw everything else, I hereby invented a tank in everyone of the previous eras. Watch out Cortes.

or even better. I AM KING TYRANNOSAURUS REX (yes its redundant) FEAR ME! MY EMPIRE STRECTHES ALL ACROSS THE PARTIAL PANGEA THAT IS EARTH, AND I RULE ALL SAURIAN KIND. and such.

 

[sydhe]

Egypt about 2000 BC. Absolute power, no real enemies to speak of, my people worship me and build monuments in my honor. Sure, I have to marry my sister, but nothing's perfect.

 

[Alpha Killer II]

You'd capture Britain, would you. And how would you do all that when Napoleon failed? And why?

Actually, I wouldnt invest in offensive navies, only defensive ones, and conquer as many on lands as possible, create a pact with Russia, and then build up navies, and then go to countries with water between France and the other nations

PS: Nice Arguement u made there inom..- well the guy with a bear for a avatar

EDIT: Ooo and I 4got to say I would create peace with Britain and possibly Spain...until I have command of Italy, Prussia, Austrai-Hungary, and Possibly the Ottomans

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

You'd capture Britain, would you. And how would you do all that when Napoleon failed? And why?

Actually, I wouldnt invest in offensive navies, only defensive ones, and conquer as many on lands as possible, create a pact with Russia, and then build up navies, and then go to countries with water between France and the other nations

PS: Nice Arguement u made there inom..- well the guy with a bear for a avatar

EDIT: Ooo and I 4got to say I would create peace with Britain and possibly Spain...until I have command of Italy, Prussia, Austrai-Hungary, and Possibly the Ottomans

Suppose Russia, Britain and Spain don't agree to your "created" pact?

Suppose the Italians, Prussians, Austro-Hungarians, and Ottomans don't particularly like the idea of being ruled by you?

 

[Alpha Killer II]

Suppose Russia, Britain and Spain don't agree to your "created" pact?

Suppose the Italians, Prussians, Austro-Hungarians, and Ottomans don't particularly like the idea of being ruled by you?

Its called diplomacy, I give them all something they like
and Italy/Prussia/Austria-Hungary I sha'll draft people into military police until rebellions are down, and with propaganda to young children and adults, they will eventually, in time, fall down to me

 

[GinandTonic]

In the age of ships of the line there was no significance differece between an offensive and a deensive navy. New ships couldnt just be bought, the wood needed to dry out and season for years, green wood gave bad ships hence the term "green" to refer to someone without experiece. The crew needed to be drilled and toughened up too, untill they and the ship were seasoned and no longer green.

A "defensive" navy would be one cowering in its port with an inexperienced crew going awol at any opportunity.

 

[Alpha Killer II]

In the age of ships of the line there was no significance differece between an offensive and a deensive navy. New ships couldnt just be bought, the wood needed to dry out and season for years, green wood gave bad ships hence the term "green" to refer to someone without experiece. The crew needed to be drilled and toughened up too, untill they and the ship were seasoned and no longer green.

A "defensive" navy would be one cowering in its port with an inexperienced crew going awol at any opportunity.

I would buy wood from my diplomatic allies, and by Defensive navy, I meant by makin em patrol my seas

 

[GinandTonic]

by Defensive navy, I meant by makin em patrol my seas

Yet the RN were all over the home seas cruising for a fight - lit. Given the ports were all blockaded, and the fleets and crews rotting at anchor with the RN pickets on the horizon - how would you train your crews? How would you mass your fleet? How would you know where the body of the RN fleet was? How would you transport the wood and cannons for construction?

How, in short, would you avoid doing everything that led upto Trafalgar?

 

[SewerStarFish]

Der Heilige Romanische Reich des Deutschen Nation.(that's Holy Roman Empire) Unify Europe, pull it out of the Dark Ages, Thwart the barbarian and Muslim invaders, protect the faith and actually set up a line of succession that wouldn't collapse so as to keep Europe out the Dark ages -- sounds like a challenge.

 

[Alpha Killer II]

Der Heilige Romanische Reich des Deutschen Nation.(that's Holy Roman Empire) Unify Europe, pull it out of the Dark Ages, Thwart the barbarian and Muslim invaders, protect the faith and actually set up a line of succession that wouldn't collapse so as to keep Europe out the Dark ages -- sounds like a challenge.
It would, but lets say u was the Romans, then u would need to have better formations and strategies so the Barbarians couldnt tharwt them
And Also, I think the Holy Roman Empire was a little too late in time to get out of the Dark Ages, for that all the knowledge the Romans knew was kept in books, and the Barbarians burned them all (except for the ones bout Religon) so your civilization would have to re-learn all dat ****
Yet the RN were all over the home seas cruising for a fight - lit. Given the ports were all blockaded, and the fleets and crews rotting at anchor with the RN pickets on the horizon - how would you train your crews? How would you mass your fleet? How would you know where the body of the RN fleet was? How would you transport the wood and cannons for construction?

How, in short, would you avoid doing everything that led upto Trafalgar?
Lets say I dont get in a war with Spain, they supply me with things, while I re-pay them with many other things, such as Currency, and I will hire mercenaries here and there to help me fight the "RN" and I wouldnt mass up on ships, but I will still teach them how to fight properly