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  1. What if Japan had surrendered conditionally?

    It would depend on what the conditions were. There would be a pound or three of flesh demanded (Japan isn't going to get a pass on Pearl, the PoW & Repulse, etc.) but there really haven't been any noteworthy war crimes against the West (tons, of course, in China) so stepping things down will be...
  2. What if Japan had surrendered conditionally?

    The Japanese went from a God Emperor who could literally trace his supposed blood-line back to the start of the Human Race and a a God who walked the Earth to a guy who has less actual authority than The Queen of England.
  3. What if Japan had surrendered conditionally?

    Congress woul;d never have approved a Conditional Surrender. Since it would be a Treaty, the Senate would have the final say.
  4. Could the Soviet Navy have closed the Atlantic in a 1986 war with NATO?

    Not even elaborate. Just plain murder.
  5. Could the Soviet Navy have closed the Atlantic in a 1986 war with NATO?

    And they were sent without any support. That is the "bloody stupid" part of the U.S. reactions. What you would have gotten would be a SEAD lead strike killing any broadcasting transmitters that was itself behind massive jamming with ANG units and a robust fighter escort probably from the...
  6. Could the Soviet Navy have closed the Atlantic in a 1986 war with NATO?

    Which was one of the liberties taken. Iceland would have been hit by heavy bombers if necessary to blow any Soviet force straight into the sea, It was part of SAC for FFS. The U.S. knew how important Iceland was, it wouldn't have needed some USN(R) Lt. Commander to figure it out.
  7. Could the Soviet Navy have closed the Atlantic in a 1986 war with NATO?

    There were always sufficient U.S. forces on Iceland to ensure its defense. The only exception would be some sort of "Bolt out of the Blue", something that became more or less impossible for a conventional attack thanks to improvements in National Technical Means, as well has HUMINT in the DDR...
  8. Why was Israel called Israel?

    I'm going to assume that you simply forgot you were not in Chat. Don't forget again.
  9. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    The Essex were, as OTL demonstrated, going to be over ordered as was (of the original 32 ship series of orders only 24 were completed, 8 of those ships were not commissioned until after the war). The Essex design, even the Ticonderoga sub-class (i.e. Essex long hull") had vastly less potential...
  10. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    Well, DANSF has Alaska class 2,251 (Guam has the same figure): http://hazegray.org/danfs/cruisers/cb1.txt Baltimore class 1,142 http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/cruisers/ca68.txt Boston class 1,142 http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/cruisers/ca69.htm Iowa Class 2,800...
  11. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    The primary difficulty with this solution is cost. The Alaska's were extremely manpower intensive (~2,200 total), close to that of a full on battleship (North Carolina class was 2,350 if used as a flagship 1,800-2,000 without flag, South Dakota class 2,350 total. The manning was so damned...
  12. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    It would probably have been better if the CB program HAD been turned into newts.
  13. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    For the cost of the CB program you can build at least 18 Oakland sub-class CLAA
  14. Improve the Alaska class Large Cruisers

    Several options actually 1. Sneak in BuShips. Find ALL the plans for the Alaska Class. Burn them. Flush the ashes into the DC sewer system. Wait for your Silver Star to come in the mail. 2. Sneak in BuShips. Find ALL the plans for the Alaska Class. Burn them. Flush them down the toilet...
  15. Why didn't the Atomic Age happen?

    Why would you go out of your way, just to be sure to piss people off? Don't do that.
  16. What if Japan avoided attacking Pearl Harbour?

    The Japanese Army didn't want to go South at all.
  17. What if Japan avoided attacking Pearl Harbour?

    Again, they HAD to honor the threat the U.S. presented. The PI was perfectly positioned to interdict all movement from the Southern Resource Areas back to Japan as well as base to strike at Japanese positions in the Palaus. Guam was 100 miles from Saipan, while Wake allowed the U.S. a location...
  18. Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here)

    Try NO. Followed the bloody format of the thread. Cease and desist.
  19. For 1845 America, Which Lands Would be More Valuable: Western Canada, or the Mexican Cession?

    FFS! Are you two actually going to push this to the point where I have to intervene? Seriously?
  20. Could the Soviet Navy have closed the Atlantic in a 1986 war with NATO?

    The Soviets always had to win fast, regardless of how shaky the Pact "allies" might be, in a conventional war. In any sort of medium term, say more than 60 days, the qualitative superiority of NATO forces would have won out as the quantitative superiority of the Soviet A Formations eroded. The...
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