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  1. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Of course they were.
  2. WI: Kamikaze's main focus is bombers over Japan?

    They had also figured out every single landing beach. They were busily per-registering artillery for every beach, every beach exit, had begun to put in underwater "bunkers" for suicide swimmers who could remain in them until the landing craft chugged over, then the swimmer would just float up...
  3. WI: Kamikaze's main focus is bombers over Japan?

    Yep. They even sent the gun line into start bombardments. They had BB, CA, & CL shelling Japanese shore installations. Japanese wouldn't bite. Frustrated the hell out of Halsey. The Japanese had made the entirely correct decision that the only way to stop the invasion was to kill the troops...
  4. Questions about an extended WWI

    As an aside, people are going to start dying like flies from the Spanish Flu, especially the troops. Unlike the seasonal flu the Spanish Pandemic was particularly lethal for those in the "prime" of life (the H1N1 virus attacked the immune system, causing it to over-react). The H1N1 mutation now...
  5. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    Some light cruiser were constructed with Flag Quarters, many were not. The simple fact is that the CB were POORLY thought out. They lacked basic defensive features that would be expected on a 32K ton design, including torpedo bulges, and armor capable of handling even late war 8" AP rounds...
  6. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    The decision to include flag space has to be made during construction. Not all CA (or BB for that matter) are designed with the additional "office" space needed for flag quarters. The space has to reallocated from things like CO & XO "in port" accommodations, and officer's wardrooms. None of...
  7. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    Light tanks are a not unreasonable choice in places like Vietnam (although the M551 was crippled by the primary weapon system) and are better than no tank at all (unless you happen to be the crew). On the European Plain, were every anti-tank weapon was designed to defeat MBT protection, they...
  8. WI: Kamikaze's main focus is bombers over Japan?

    The U.S. would arguably welcome the Japanese to expend their kamikaze resources against the fast carrier force when it is not tethered to an invasion beach. Okinawa offered the opportunity to attack massive numbers of U.S. ships that were simply at anchor or in an entirely predictable location...
  9. WI: Kamikaze's main focus is bombers over Japan?

    Kamikaze success rates hovered between 2 & 5%. There were some noteworthy exceptions, usually when experienced pilots were sent out on a mission the rate could climb. What is, however, being missed in this discussion is the REASON the Japanese became to use the tactic. The Japanese had come to...
  10. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    1. More or less impossible without rebuilding the entire stern of the ship. 2. AAA maybe, not for flag space. That needs to be near the bridge. 3/4/5. I keep coming back to them because they are simply vastly superior in almost every possible category. The CB are faster, but maneuver like a...
  11. RN cruiser sunk at Dogger Bank, Oct 1904

    I'm not at all sure that the Russians would have managed to sink the Retribution. As has been noted they were lucky to hit water when they fired, much less a warship moving at 18-19 knots. Only way the British ship sinks is if she rams one of the Russian heavies after running out of ammunition...
  12. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    They wouldn't have been left with the Taffys. They would have been with the carriers on the run north. They were decent AAA platforms and could roll with the carriers even at top speed. If the CB were there, it is possible that Halsey might have left BB divisions 8 & 9 (Washington, Alabama...
  13. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    Then they are not even a white elephant. They are a waste of dock space. The CB's only possible use was as a carrier escort, but the CA/CL were better, especially as the 3"/50 RF came into service and replaced the far less effective 20mm & 40mm guns.
  14. Plausible Differences in USA Constitution

    Very possibly. If the Constitution was changed it would likely resemble the 14th Amendment, Section 1, which is what actually established birth citizenship.
  15. Alaska Class vs. Des Moines Class for the Postwar World?

    I applied a cool compress, I hope to make it through the crisis. :P The Alaska's, besides being the biggest construction error committed by the USN between the USS Vesuvius and the money pit known as the LCS (three lies in one acronym), were cursed with a number of remarkably bad design...
  16. Armored Warfare during and after a 1980's WWIII?

    Sort of like the F-105 & F-111.
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