The official web site of A.H. Lloyd

  • Within its corridors you will find insight into the books I have written, the books I am writing and the books I am thinking about writing. It is also a place where I can offer insights into my favorite authors and – in the case of my game Conqueror: Fields of Victory – I can explain my rules and offer new variants. Scroll down or check the sidebar for my latest posts. Nonfiction: Walls of Men: A Military History of China 2500 B.C. to A.D. 2020 Long Live Death: The Keys to Victory in the Spanish Civil War Fiction: Three Weeks with…

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  • This is the seventh part of a series of posts where I examine what would happen if the PRC invaded Taiwan. For deep background, check out my book on Chinese military history, Walls of Men. Over the previous installments, I’ve outlined the many difficulties facing the People’s Liberation Army in terms of getting troops across the Taiwan Strait and establishing a beachhead on Taiwan itself.  The are numerous pundits who assume that with sufficient sealift and massive air support, a lodgment is inevitable.  That begs the question, however, because getting troops ashore isn’t the problem, it is supporting them and…

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