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I believe it was Winston Churchill who said that Admiral Jellicoe was the only man who could "Lose the war in a afternoon." Short term, the British panic, calling in every warship from every station to defend the homeland. Meanwhile, the High Seas Fleet rampages across the British supply...

That was a major "oops", and extremely bad for the fishing boat(s) downwind. Lucky Dragon, iirc.

Was that the test where they expected 5 Megatons and got 15? Where they found out that if the material they used to moderate the fusion got hot enough, it would fuse also?

How is the United States getting cargo ships past Great Britain? (Easy way: Great Britain neutral for some reason. Hard way: "Operation Over Lion")

Will it have a sequel about the (fortunately unneeded) evacuation of Los Angeles?

Weren't they a wartime expedient, something faster than a 'Revenge' class but using most of the same parts? On Edit: oops, confused. Thought you were talking about the Repulse and Renown. Sorry! They were cheap and coal using ships with the same firepower as the Queen Elizabeth class...

So, I mentioned in thread that my mother (six months pregnant with me) was safe on a farm in Alabama, and I didn't know my father's status. So I talked to him this weekend, and it turns out the 'secondary field' he was assigned to would be downwind from the Eufaula strike. Living in tent at a...

San Francisco's problem is one of geography; there isn't enough room on the peninsula to make a huge city. I'm intrigued by the 'San Francisco annexes Oakland' idea, though.

My mother was 5 months pregnant, and living with my father at Craig AFB outside Selma, Alabama. Given the nature of events ITTL, my parents would have gone with their emergency plans; Mom would go 'back home' to the small farm north of Atmore, Alabama where she was born; in original time line...

Makes me wonder about the possibility of a meeting for the 4-5 WW1 ships named after Prince Eugene of Savoy.

He's referring to the survivors of Prinz Eugen, who stated that Bismarck was just starting her turn when the explosion happened.

I'm so sorry, I had no intention of opening that can of worms when I mentioned it. It's one of the driest, most pointless debates on alternate WW2 forums. Besides, didn't KGV have a turret failure around the time of the hit? (Poor Prince Eugene*, in gun range of two BB, two CA, and six DD and...

There's a lot of argument about whether it was HMS Hood that fired the 'lucky hit' or HMS King George V, usually involving tables of armor penetration characteristics of the more modern 14" battery or the older 15" battery.

I didn't know about PBY crews, but B-17 crews (especially waist gunners) liked to throw stuff out while over Germany. At least one gunner made a point to collect things from the ground crews to throw out!

At long range, the Iowa's would have a tough time hurting Yamato or Nagato. The poor Kongo's would be in trouble if engaged. (Battle cruisers should not get into range of dreadnaughts.)

Oh. If that was the force sent, then you're right, Lee's battleships would be badly outnumbered. Lee should use his speed to stay out of Kurita's reach.

I'm sorry, but Kurita only has 4 battleships (Yamato, Nagato, Kongo and Haruna) while Halsey has 6: Iowa, New Jersey, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Washington and Alabama. That gives Kurita nine 18", eight 16", and sixteen 14" to oppose Halsey's fifty-four 16" rifles. Kurita has 10 CA, 2 CL...

The Avengers (2012): exploits of the reconstituted Torpedo Squadron 8 set in the year after the original Torpedo 8 was wiped out at Midway. Title refers to both the TBF/TBM aircraft they flew, and their desire to 'avenge' their predecessors. Avengers II: Age of Ultron (2015): who made this...

That's funny, the original USAF F-16 carried Sparrows, and nowadays AMRAAM.

A good portion of the new USN construction came out of the two-ocean navy bill, which passed because France fell. No fall of France in 1940, less new construction. (Less is not zero. The US was replacing old battleships, and adding carriers before the fall of France. It just became more...