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  1. Improved Chances ??

    I know that with the sinking of the HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales, the emotional impact was felt in Singapore and around the world at that tenuous time in history. They were supposed to be supported by an aircraft carrier (HMS Imdomitable, if I remember correctly) that would have given them a...
  2. Pearl Harbor counterattack ?

    Since most of the newer surface ships of the US Navy were deployed at sea at the time of the attack, the question i would like to pose is: Would the Navy risk those units in defending against a likely invasion/raid? If the IJN had managed to get enough ships (and troops, preferably marines) to...
  3. Attack from Clipperton Island

    I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about a possible attack launched from Clipperton Island at the beginning of WW II. Could Japan have mounted an attack using Kawanishi H6K flying boats against either Los Angeles/San Diego or the Panama Canal? The distance is about the same, approx. 2000...
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