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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "and but for the Atlantic" mean "and except in the area of the Atlantic"?
Context:
By 1865, the soldiers of the Union and Confederacy had grown to be the "largest and most efficient armies in the world". European observers dismissed them as amateur and unprofessional, but a modern military historian's assessment is that each outmatched the French, Prussian and Russian armies of the time, and but for the Atlantic, would have threatened any of them with defeat.[132]
By 1865, the soldiers of the Union and Confederacy had grown to be the "largest and most efficient armies in the world". European observers dismissed them as amateur and unprofessional, but a modern military historian's assessment is that each outmatched the French, Prussian and Russian armies of the time, and but for the Atlantic, would have threatened any of them with defeat.[132]
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but for the Atlantic, would have threatened any of them with defeat. If it were not for the Atlantic , those countries would have faced defeat.
- but for the Atlantic, would have threatened any of them with defeat.
- If it were not for the Atlantic , those countries would have faced defeat.
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If it were not for the Atlantic, those countries would have faced defeat.
but for the Atlantic, would have threatened any of them with defeat.
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No, it means that the Atlantic kept them separated, so they never had the chance to fight.
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