I question whether any amount of planning could have saved the mission concept. The plan called for a rendezvous in enemy territory, a stop at a second staging point, then assaults on the embassy and an Iranian airbase -a very complex operation with ample potential for friction. Even if the...
Poor MacArthur. It would have been interesting to see him run against FDR like McClellan against Lincoln, but he deserved what he got for allowing his ego to override his judgment.
I notice you mentioned revising this update several times before posting it. Did you struggle to decide on a...
So the Pacific theater is still going smoothly, with no hint of an "ordeal" worse than OTL. Could the American campaign go off the rails with a different Battle of the Philippine Sea? While the USN's advantages in firepower, pilot training, and aircraft quality definitely preclude the decisive...
His entire worldview of Germany betrayed by an evil Jewish conspiracy was stupid beyond description. The fundamental idiocy of Hitler's beliefs outranks all of the foolish mistakes he made in power.
It amuses me that the USN felt it necessary to build a lake-bound ship of the line while the East Coast was blockaded. Anyway, I suspect a battle between the New Orleans and St. Lawrence would end up as either a horrendous loss of life or a complete farce, or perhaps both.
Can anyone else...
It's absolutely inconceivable that Hitler would do so. His goal was conquest, subjugation, and genocide, and in any case he lost all diplomatic credibility after Polannd.