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Mama Mia here we go again! 59 pages of tripe yet again about an operation that had zero hope of success punctured by the usual what if they landed on the Isle of Wight? The isle of Skye for that matter? What if the Royal Navy for some inexplicable reason refused to engage? What about paratroops...

Says the man from Snowbart.....

Well it's obvious really isn't it? The First Federal capital was in Melbourne and it should probably have never been moved from there in the first place to create a sinkhole for public money like Canberra. Now Melbourne was settled from Launceston, it's really only a daughter colony over there...

Nuclear, biological, genealogical?

Germany can only win if they dig in and make it a war of attrition. Their opponents political instability may tell against them then.

Ditto.

Thank God.

With out wishing to trivialise what DID actually happen, which was terrible, I wish people would get over this particular fantasy.

For me I think it is the South Dakota Class ships, although their underwater protection was not all it might be. On 35,000 tons they were very well balanced ships and far superior from a cost POV to the Iowas. The last two Iowas that were never built, had corrected some of the underwater...

Since I started this thread I guess I should weigh in. Let's get rid of those I think are quite poor and why. Yamato Class. Much written about to be sure. Poor quality armour really compared to that used in British or American ships. Fuel hogs. Average speed. If deployed in 1942 they may have...

It is probably pertinent to point out that in terms of cost the Iowa's cost around 100 million USD. Vanguard was cheap, only 46 million USD, but of course the guns were cheaper as they only needed modernisation. The Lion Class BB's cost would have been around 60 to 65 million USD. French...

As many of you may know, I have an interest in naval matters. Thought it may be a fun idea to try and compare the battleships post the Washington Treaty, but also to include any that were laid down but not completed. This gives us a list of: US 6 Iowa Class(actually three classes of two since...

Thanks for all the support guys. Twas the night before Christmas here. This will return on Boxing Day where I will hopefully fire off a number of updates in between us smashing the Poms in the Boxing Day Test cricket! Compliments of the season all of you and indeed anyone who has commented on or...

I have looked at this a few times, but how is the scenario going to happen. How are four of the most modern and well protected battleships and a battlecruiser force going to be destroyed by a fleet line held at 16 knots when their opponents can make 24, no matter their superior firepower? Even...

Just a note to say that whilst I have been working quite energetically on my other timeline(Rudolf will Reign) Christmas time is coming and with it holidays and will attempt to pick this up, since the idea I originally had has not died, I just don't have as much time to write as I used to have.

This will be a very interesting little battle.

Hurt, obviously, otherwise they would have backed out of world war 1 and the dynasty may have survived, at least longer..

Well I have actually been to Albania. Zogu is quite a popular figure. It seems a commonly accepted fact that the 1997 poll was in favour but manipulated to show not in favour.

Short answer yes. Good guns, better protection than contemporary RN ships. However, for a 1939 war big negatives. Designed speed only 21-22 knots, likely much less by 1939. Mainly coal powered, so unless modernised, this will likely prove a problem. Range at 5,000 nm is low, but OK, however...