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So I think everyone here who has even the slightest knowledge of the second world war knows the importance to the allies of their successfull codebreaking of the German and Japanese codes. So lets assume that for some reason the allies are not as successfull at breaking either the German or the...

This question has been asked previously on this board, most notably here in a poll where William Slim narrowly won over Montgomery. But that was eight years ago. A new debate is warrented I say. After a breif discussion with Jim Smitty in another thread I thought we might have a debate...

In late November 1700 Karl (Charles) XII of Sweden defeated a Russian army four times the size of his own army at Narva. The Swedish army went into winter quarters and received substantial reinforcements from the Swedish mainland and Finland. Then it turned south to defeat the Saxon army...

Reading up on the Japanese submarine force during WW2 and I came up on this little nugget. So what if instead of only implemented the lesson very late, the Japanese implement them earlier and on larger subs. So lets assume that designs on a new submarine begin in the middle of -40 and take...

Anyone got any ideas of exactly what would be required to establish a third branch of the Japanese armed forces in the late twenties/early thirties by breaking of all land-based airplanes and base forces for them? An act of god (i.e. the emperor)? Both branches believing it will be easier to...

No I don't mean Shadow vessels from Babylon 5. In the London- naval treaty ships below 600 tons are exempt from any classifications, in OTL Japan used this clause to build a crap-load of fairly crappy torpedo-boats. However there is also another clause that says that ships between...

This thread is an offspring of this thread. It is about, in particular, the development of the German Wehrmacht had peace or at least armistice between Germany and Great Britain been achieved before even the onset of the Kanalkampf. This is not about whether or not Great Britain would ever...

This thread is something the wiking might post, but instead of about Germany it's about the Japanese capital ship building, to be more precise the organization of it or more accurately the lack of organization. In particular the panic that gripped the Japanese command after Midway which meant a...

Now I know this was explored to some extent in the "The Death of Göring and the Victory of the Luftwaffe" timeline, while an interesting timeline in it self I disagree with quite a bit of it, particularly the impacts it would have on the German rearmament as Hjalmar Schacht had problems with the...

I've been looking through various ships the Germans might have decided to convert into carriers (like the Japanese Jun'yō and Hiyō) in case the Germans decided for carrier aviation, and if so, it might be a better idea to start out converting existing ships and work our the flaws, before...

I did some research mainly through niehorster.orbat site on the Italian army for it's exact composition for anyone to use in case they're interested. Infantry Regiments: 91 (90 in infantry divisions, one independent) CCNN battalions (cohortes): 105 (63 attached to infantry divisions, nine to...

This is merely a discussion, no timeline (yet) Long Post Assumption number 1. Japan does not enter war with China. Assumption number 2. A paradigm shift in the Japanese supreme HQ occurs and staffers realise that the Philippines is no threat to Japanese SLOC as long as the USA is neutral or...

As the year 1918 was drawing to a close so did the horrific conflict by man that at that point was called ‘The Great War’. In the Amazons a butterfly flapped it’s wings and flew south instead of north, and the world was never the same. Author notes: This timeline will explore a timeline with...

2nd Post I'm starting a timeline, am I insane or overly corageous :D? Note: The anglo-saxon language is not my native tounge, spelling and grammer is bound to suffer. Stalingrad discussion https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=131862 which promted me to get my fingers...