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  1. AHC/WI: Japan takes Ceylon

    Actually I would question how much a more potent Germany would do to change the balance in the Pacific. The U.S. used a lot of naval force, and the Marine Corps, but the U.S. Army deployment was comparatively modest considering the overall U.S. Army complement. 15 out of 90+ U.S Army infantry...
  2. AHC/WI: Japan takes Ceylon

    Thanks for the massive info dump. Lots of very useful information and very much on point.
  3. Poll: Whaf w

    Closed at OP request
  4. Flag Thread IV

    You were warned about plagiarism 10 days ago. Clearly that was ineffective. Taking a existing creation, changing the color, and presenting it as your own, time and again, without proper attribution (and permission considering the scale that you do it) is still plagiarism. DO NOT do this again...
  5. Worse War Crimes WW2: Japan vs Nazis?

    Needs to be in Chat. Can't move to Chat due to poll. Locked.
  6. WI: Modern Germany refuses to pay Versailles reparations?

    As noted, what happens is Moody's, S&P and Fitches drop Germany credit rating from AAA to AA+, maybe to AA-, which makes the cost of money greater to the German government (keep in mind that these ratings firms dropped the U.S. to AA+ because the House discussed refusing to raise the debt...
  7. AHC/WI: Japan takes Ceylon

    Again, most of this page reinforces what has been said earlier, the Japanese can NOT logistically support any action, almost disregarding when the POD falls. There is not enough money, yard time, or materials available to make it happen. One thing I would also add is that if the Japanese divert...
  8. Are multiple industrial revolutions in different countries/regions possible?

    Dial the snark back by about 85%. Keep it dialed back.
  9. Polynesian Colonization of the Americas

    The thing is, you asked a question. It was answered, in some detail. It appears, based on your response, that you did not like the answer, possibly because it did not endorse your initial concept. Rather than accept that answer, which was, IMO, well written, you countered with a theory that...
  10. AHC/WI: Japan takes Ceylon

    If you go by the Wiki (yes, I know...) the Beaufighter arrived in the Pacific in numbers in Mid 1942, or pretty much when this scenario is supposed to take place. Britsh force arrived in the region based upon need, as you note the British did not have unlimited resources. However, and this is of...
  11. AHC/WI: Japan takes Ceylon

    None? There are many, some more blindingly obvious than the others Here's an example: HMS Trident Really think the Japanese could, at the far end of a supply chain that was never the most robust, protect shipping better than it could in Home Waters? As an added bonus, British torpedoes...
  12. Polynesian Colonization of the Americas

    Oops, wrong. You posted this in pre-1900, so you NEED to be able to defend it as a plausible departure. You need to establish a reasonable, at least semi-defensible REASON that things changed. If you want to post pure fiction, without any connection to reality, you should use the Writer's...
  13. WI: No Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia?

    This is why you will see plenty of people put Pol Pot right next to Hitler on the Right Bastard scale.
  14. Best modern infantry rifle?

    Depends on what you use as a metric. SOCOM seemed to think so, the ballistics backed that up (the 6.8 retains more energy at 300 meters, than the 5.56 generates at the muzzle), but other studies claim that the advantages of the round do not exceed the perceived drawbacks (including difference in...
  15. WI: No Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia?

    You are mistaking scale/capability for morality. It could be argued with considerable success that Da'esh is "more evil" than the Japanese Empire circa 1937-45 based on ideology and application of that belief system. Da'esh, however, can not hold a candle to the body count the Empire rang up...
  16. WI: No Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia?

    I remember that too. The general feeling seemed to be that they needed to be wiped out, and if the "VC" wanted to do it, so much the better.
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Never really thought about it. I personally despise smoking, so if I had the average cost for a single cigarette would be $22.
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    You mean regarding Draft eligibility? Or assignment one in the military? There are exceptions for both scenarios. If you are the sole support for aged parents or a half a dozen children, you have a deferment that more or less ensures you will never serve. This is somewhat offset by a much...
  19. WI: No Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia?

    The biggest difference between Hitler & the Nazis and Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge was the matter of exporting the issue. The Reich intended to clear the world of Jews, Roma, and the vast majority of Slavs and was willing to wage aggressive war to achieve that goal while repopulating cleared...
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