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  1. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    The Army had them. Combined the Allied had several hundred LVT (not the armed variety) in Britain. As was noted upthread by another poster, the original armed support LVT didn't come out of DC or even the factory. Some clever company grade officers managed to put some together. It isn't like no...
  2. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    Yes and no. The LVT(A) is in trouble one it gets INLAND, it is safer on the beach. Had the DD Shermans worked as advertised then the advantage would be lower, but one of the issues with the Shermans otherwise was the LCT. Big, slow target at sea. Dead stationary when beached. The DD Shermans...
  3. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    LST. The difference between them and the DD tanks and even the Ducks is that they were designed to deal with actual ocean conditions.
  4. Decisive battle at Caroline Islands (WW II)

    Maybe. It was still an enormous risk, sending them into knife fighting range of a strong IJN force with minimal escort, through waters known to be heavily patrolled by IJN subs, was much more Halsey's style than Spruance's.
  5. Best fleet of WWII

    The IJA had considerable forces available, if necessary, but it would have taken time to assemble them. The critical question is if the rest of the offensive across the region could continue. I would argue that it could. Singapore was an important choke point, but only as long as it could be...
  6. WI: REVENGE class at Jutland

    Oh, I got it. I was tempted to ask which current player would be worth $627M.
  7. Decisive battle at Caroline Islands (WW II)

    Not as such. It reflected more the difference between the two men and their style of command. Halsey was much more of a gambler, far more aggressive than Spruance, who always kept the ultimate mission in mind. Spruance had to keep Mitcher on a tight leash (even then he would jump the gun, as he...
  8. WI: REVENGE class at Jutland

    Not that inexpensive. £2.5 million 1914 = $627,000,000 (2015 USD).
  9. WI WW2 continues into 1946 - US Navy

    If the delay is due to a decision to either leave the Bomb in the garage and go straight to either an direct invasion or to "blockade and firebomb" the fleet would continue to receive the units still under construction, although ordering more is something of an open question, outside of...
  10. AHC/WI: US Embassy in Moscow assaulted in the Late Cold War Era

    With Government support? That would get REALLY bad, REALLY Fast. Without? Attackers wind up seriously dead. Between the USMC inner guard force, the Moscow Militia on external guard, and KGB/GRU watchers that is going to be a lot of guns (not to mention the 9th Chief Directorate forces, which...
  11. Decisive battle at Caroline Islands (WW II)

    The Easiest answer is that it wouldn't have mattered. The Japanese would have suffered slightly less losses in aircraft than at Philippine Sea, but would likely lose more carriers (the plan for Saipan was designed to protect the what was left of the Kido Butai by shuttling through Saipan's air...
  12. PC/WI. LVT "Amtrac's" us instead of Sherman DD's at Normandy?

    Omaha was also a unique geographical issue. When you look at it from the air, the first thing that strikes you is "who the hell thought this was good place to land". All the other beaches look like something you would find in Southern California or parts of the Carolinas, almost no terrain near...
  13. Orson Wells' Batman POD

    With the new software you have to make a positive decision to necro a thread. It can NOT be accidental. DO NOT do this again
  14. A Song was Heard in China - A Different Tiananmen

    Wrong forum for this sort of political sniping.
  15. Pacific Ordeal

    Funny you should ask... Comment welcomed! 10 The Japanese/Soviet relationship, even at the most professional military level, was fraught with political complications. The Japanese maintained a well-founded suspicion regarding the sudden Soviet largesse with the Soviets finding the Japanese...
  16. Official "Did the Confederacy Have a Chance to Win the American Civil War?" Thread

    South had three low probability chances (in order): 1. Trent Affair blows up. This doesn't necessary require the British to go active into warfare with the U.S. The U.S. bought half a million rifles from Enfield just after the Affair, so even an arms embargo would be extremely damaging. Arguing...
  17. If the Confederacy Wins the Civil War, Does the United States Move Its Capital?

    To teach the goddammed rebels whose the Boss, the slave holding bastards. Or some variance on the theme, probably pushed by the newspapers on the 20th or 25th Anniversary of the Rebellion. Managed to get the U.S. off to war for a LOT less justification in 1898.
  18. If the Confederacy Wins the Civil War, Does the United States Move Its Capital?

    Well there is the not insignificant matter that the U.s. never actually fought to win, for whatever value of winning there was, in Vietnam. If the U.S. had wanted to win the U.S. would have landed, probably near Nam Dinh, in at least Corps, probably multiple Corps, strength and driven north...
  19. If the Confederacy Wins the Civil War, Does the United States Move Its Capital?

    Based on the OP's statement that the war ends on something similar to OTL starting lines - The U.S., if it moved, would almost certainly be to Philly. I would expect the U.S. to hold on to DC if there was a consensus that the War was, in fact, over. Same goes for Richmond. The reality is...
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