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IIRC the actual landings at Lingayen Gulf were a hot mess. Given the opposition in TTL might the initial Japanese landings be repulsed?

I always wondered how the KM would have performed had it not investigated magnetic detonators for its torpedoes. Perhaps instead they develop their torpedoes along the lines of the IJN? Not saying that this would be a war winner...but it would certainly increase casualties...for the RN and the KM.

Bulgaria taking the leap and declaring war on Germany might lead the collaborationist government in Albania to do the same. In OTL the Albanian nationalists running the government were only tepidly supporting the Germans in an attempt to prevent the rise of the Communist party/annexation by...

That may be the Japanese aim, I am struggling to see how they manage to do so while taking much heavier losses than they did in OTL.

Great to see the shooting start! Kudos for allowing the Japanese to inflict such heavy losses and keeping your TL realistic! Will all of your planned TLs be set in this universe? Given the losses incurred elsewhere, I wonder if the Malay Barrier might hold in TTL...

Interesting butterfly...without having to refuel by hand the B-17s flying from Pearl to Clark, the Marines at Wake are likely a bit more prepared for when the Japanese arrive.

Fair enough. In defense of the US military I think they were hoping for something significantly lighter. On another note, I think that it's highly unlikely that absolutely NO progress would be made on semi-automatic rifles during the 1930s. In fact I wonder if it might lead to the US adopting...

I'd wager that without the M1 there would be a much larger push to seriously upgrade the BAR at an earlier point than OTL. IIRC they were thinking of upgrading the BAR but couldn't come up with significant improvements prior to the outbreak of hostilities.

I wonder if the losses incurred by the IJN in TTL will free up enough fuel for them to potentially think about using their Battleships earlier as a way of trying to turn the tide?

I do wonder if in the absence of an Aleutian campaign, the USAF might construct airfields earlier and begin launching bombing raids on the Kuriles and Northern Japan. Though these would cause minimal damage to Japanese industry, they would be helpful in tying down even more interceptor...

I mean really you should go back even further to United States v. Cruikshank in 1875-6. Though the vote was 5-4 the dissent was less than inspiring as it basically pointed out that the 14th Amendment was too vague to convict those arrested in connection with the Colfax Massacre. There just...

Sorry for not making myself clear. I was thinking more along the lines of an different circumstances in an ATL in which the retreat of Northern Liberals from the race issue wasn't nearly as decisive or perhaps intensified over the latter half of the 19th century (I grant that will take a bigger...

In researching my old TL "The Seventh is Made of Phantoms" I came across the same problem. Basically the problem IMO is that, the kind of pro-civil rights Justices needed for this kind of change were not exactly bountiful during the reconstruction period and that as you push past the Grant...

Completely agree on all points. The biggest problem for this scenario is the composition of the court. Barring ASB mindswaps or self inserts the only way to get a SCOTUS that would be sympathetic to Plessy would be to get someone other than Harrison/Cleveland to be POTUS during the period of...

From what I remember, Mac's push to have the M1 Garand chambered in 30.06 was a big part of why it was eventually adopted. After all, this was during the height of the Great Depression and adopting an entirely new rifle caliber would be a tough sell...

I'd imagine the American will feel a whole lot better when the Japanese attack on Wake gets smacked down. In TTL the Japanese really can't throw much at it following the failure of the attack on the 11th, so it will be fairly easy for Brown to reinforce the garrison with whatever it needs. When...

I'm enjoying this TL a lot, it's giving me some ideas for when I come back to ATBA. However the weight of the potential upcoming bombardment of Midway does fly in the face of Japanese doctrine and seems to be an odd choice even given TTL's experience at Pearl. Considering that the Battleships...