Now if the timing works out, some US officials could be sternly lecturing their British counterparts for violating Thai neutrality, just as the messenger walks in the room to tell them about the attack on Pearl…..
I concur that it's very hard to achieve a Union victory just by keeping Wood in position. You would get a much more orderly fallback to the Snodgrass position, especially if Hood still falls. Hood's wounding caused a critical delay, so if that butterflies, the battle may wind up about the same...
If this leads to no Vichy and direct occupation of all France in 1940, will Germany try harder to pull Spain into the fight? If so, there will be no balancing act between Spanish desires and keeping Vichy compliant.
I enjoy it as a narrative. A lot of naval battles here get described in precise wargamed detail. Yours focused more on the emotions and motivations of the participants. I enjoyed that.
After Ike's death, his driver said the two had a one night stand during WW2. Unverifiable and nowhere near the same scale as other presidential affairs.
What aboutfire that guts the hanger before getting extinguished? Would Ranger get rebuilt or send to reserve with her tonnage used for larger carriers with better AV Gas facilities and procedures implemented?
Now when the movie comes out in 1942 will John Wayne be captain of the Trenton?
What actor plays the SOC pilot single handedly holding off an entire squadron of Japanese planes?
How will they write in a romantic interest back at the canal?
So sacking Von Braun leads to a more military minded NASA? I can see Gemini being the primary program focus on MOL and Big Gemini being pursued instead of Apollo, eventually leading to Dyna-Soar.
Do photos taken with all the gates open look more impressive? There may be a tendency for those photos to be more common than expected because official photos were more likely scheduled when they knew it would look “cooler”.