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I am cautious about linking the weather and the bombing, but it is interesting. It would seem a good candidate for an academic study by climate specialists though. I wonder if anyone has looked at it. The 1940s had some notably brutal winters, with the winter 39-40 being notably savage too...

Useful link on 1950s era Strategic Air Command target list This is basically early SIOP period, and while there are relatively few ICBMs on either side, the Russians and Americans both have significant numbers of IRBMs and of course there are literally thousands of US B47s by the mid 50s, with...

That may be arguable http://www.markvoganweather.com/2015/12/12/a-look-back-winter-of-1946-47/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/15/hardest-winter-living-memory-weatherwatch

This isn't dead, just on hiatus while I work on another project. The butterflies have gotten pretty complicated so I will come back to it when I have finished my other project. I do thank recent readers for all the likes I have been getting .. its greatly appreciated.

Sadly the only solution from a political standpoint is to sell the heroic sacrifice and try to get some out via submarine. But even the best case (regarding submarines) is a token number. The only time a lot of people could have gotten out is in the first few days after the war started when...

only the ashes... that time of year, with Santa Anna winds, the entire basin would have burned and the mountains around it too

I lived within 10 miles of the Johnson Space Center, in an area with major oil refineries within 30 miles (Houston / Texas City / Baytown) Depending on warning time, my father and I actually had an escape plan. One plan involved taking the sail boat to Belize, another, the desperate one...

Occupation is an Army job, not a Navy one, so ultimately it is going to be a general, although without someone of MacArthur's stature in Tokyo, American civilian administrators will probably have a larger roll. Question is who exactly.

One thing I would like to see is Gore reinstituting this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine and he has the Congressional support to do it in his first term (although there would be a lot of yelling). More than anything else it might cut down on some of the internal US...

First, I have enjoyed this so far. Now lets talk about the Russians. A big factor in the collapse was massive Soviet defense spending. Another factor was the huge amounts spent on their activities in Africa, propping up North Korea, Cuba and the various Pact countries, and finally continually...

Love the hell out of that book. I have read it multiple times and stolen ideas from it

The 4th Marines got pulled out in the first days of the war... it is currently in Hawaii training replacements as many of the veteran prewar NCOs and officers were sent to other Marine units. But some of the 1st Separate Battalion did escape. A lot more China Marines available for cadre overall

historically the number is around 250,000 and the Japanese had only full control of 12 of 48 provinces in the islands. However, 15,000 of those were Huks, which were to be a serious problem post war

yes that is intentional

The Germans trying to be over achievers

hmm, made an error on the March figures it seems, so the 800,000 figure will go up (to historical plus 10%) I am trying to use losses all theaters when possible because the Allied global shipping shortage was a serious problem for most of the war and it affects what Allied operations are...

working on it... a lot of balls in the air (in terms of story), and I am still doing the prep work

The 65th Infantry will return, as the regimental colors were evacuated, and a couple hundred personnel (wounded and not wounded), so the regiment will be reconstituted and return to battle. Late war the 2 National Guard units will leave the Caribbean for service in the Pacific. A lot of...

the POWs enter Japanese captivity in vastly better health than historically They still face over 2 years of hell of mistreatment, malnutrition, and lack of medical care

an improvement, historically 41% of American POWs in Japanese hands did not survive the war