Talk:Timeline (Day of Glory)

--Marcpasquin 18:34, 13 May 2005 (UTC) A bit of a justification:


 * 1794

fun fact: the first "air force" *here* was created in 1794. It was composed of a few men who used gaz-filled Balloons (a recent innovation) to observe the ennemy troops. It proved to be such a tactical improvement that the french government funded a Balloonist School and 2 companies of "Aerostier" to men and maintain them. The director of the institution was Nicholas Conté (inventor amongst other things, of the lead pencil).

Unfortunatly, all the equipment were lost during the crossing of the mediteranean on its way to egypt. The general in charge, Napoleon, disbanded the unit around 1797. For all his strategic accumen, Napoleon was nefariously reticent when it came to using technological invention in war. He famously refused to consider firearm innovation that ended up being used decades later.

Conté apparently wanted to develop things such as dirigible ballons that could then bombard ennemy troops from above. With the closure of the school, this came to nothing and it is in 1852 that another inventor, Henri Giffar, manage to create a navigatable balloon.


 * There*, the school remained open allowing continued reserach and other companies of aerostier being created. Although this doesn't mean jetplanes by the mid-19th century, it would have meant that the air industry would probably be a few decades in advance compared to *here*.

In term of local support, *here* the reformists in great britain which grouped together the Corresponding Society of London, of Edinburgh and other local ones claimed about 300 000 members before 1792. With the declaration of war after the death of the king, they were declared a danger to the nation, decalred illegal and its leaders executed. *there*, they had about 6 more years to prepare and received some backing leading up to the invasion of Great-Britain.
 * 1802