I find it interesting that the CapCon folded so quickly here. They've lost probably less than they actually did in OTL (with Candace not taking the entire St Ives prefecture into secession), but without Max's determination and fire to hold things together...
Davion really had a lot less in the way of resources to do it with than OTL, too. Eight less years of training and prep for massive-scale operations... lack of having effectively complete control of the Maskirovka... No LyrCom troops involving themselves on the far side of the Terran Corridor...
On the other hand, the Combine is taken utterly by surprise by this. It's probably over by the time Takashi even know that it's started. So that's a lot of border pressure Hanse doesn't have to worry about.
Davion really had a lot less in the way of resources to do it with than OTL, too. Eight less years of training and prep for massive-scale operations... lack of having effectively complete control of the Maskirovka... No LyrCom troops involving themselves on the far side of the Terran Corridor...
On the other hand, the Combine is taken utterly by surprise by this. It's probably over by the time Takashi even know that it's started. So that's a lot of border pressure Hanse doesn't have to worry about.