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  1. WI: US Forces Intervenes in Rhwandan Genocide

    In time to actually make a major difference? Almost none. Most of the killing was completed before any of the local states could get their forces ready to go. There is also the not minor problem that the neighboring military forces are "regime protection" forces, not expeditionary forces...
  2. Worst Empire in modern times

    DO NOT try to evade the Chat limitation on polls by dragging them into post 1900.
  3. Possible effects of a failed Sea Lion on Allied operations latter in the War

    The "Two 6th Armies" related to the actual equipment lost. 6th Army started the Fall Blau campaign with 500 tanks. The Heer lost 1,100+ Pz III & IV in Africa. I acknowledged that personnel losses, if the 1st Wave was actually wiped out to a man would be greater than the losses in Africa...
  4. Possible effects of a failed Sea Lion on Allied operations latter in the War

    Not sure where they gain steam by having the equivalent of TWO Sixth Armies lost in Africa. The Reich doesn't go for Crete or into Africa. The only place they would need to prop up the Italians is Greece. The OP's scenario makes clear that the Med is off the table for this scenario, since the...
  5. Possible effects of a failed Sea Lion on Allied operations latter in the War

    A Failed Sealion, under the other conditions included (Africa/Crete) actually strengthens the Reich. It eliminates the utterly useless sideshow that was Africa, arguably the entire Med was a waste of time for the Germans. German losses in Africa were huge. The Luftwaffe lost almost 900 single...
  6. Pacific Ordeal

    The IJA actually had a very effective 47mm AT gun, something they demonstrated time and again on Okinawa. The 88 would, of course, be a massive upgrade, but it is also much more difficult to handle. A Flak 18/36 was 20 feet long (barrel alone was 16 feet) and weighed over 16,000 pounds. The...
  7. Pacific Ordeal

    All good ideas. Keep in mind, however, that this is a game within a game.
  8. Pacific Ordeal

    The Japanese, and the Soviets, had codes that the Magic and its British counterpart in the Pacific never penetrated. Probably the best known of these is the Flag Officer's Code. Code-breaking requires enough traffic to find patterns (sloppy operator discipline helps too). The Soviets were...
  9. WI: US Forces Intervenes in Rhwandan Genocide

    I'll say this again... ONE runway capable of handling even a C-130. NO runway is able to handle a C-5 Galaxy or an An-124/225. That means NO tanks and one-two APC/IFV per flight. You also need to secure the airport. The best armed forces in Rwanda (the Presidential Guard and Gendarmerie)...
  10. WI: US Forces Intervenes in Rhwandan Genocide

    Pretty much correct, except for the fact that there had been a long period of "preparation of the battlefield". The population had been prepped to act when called up to "defend themselves". Coupled with a traditional social structure where people were used to following direction of...
  11. Pacific Ordeal

    Fully written? Not much beyond what is posted. It is outlined, but it still requires on-going research and I will be fiddling with it, even with the outline, until it is finished.
  12. Extradition in the later 1930s

    The Reich.
  13. WI: California Grizzly Never Goes Extinct

    Little known fact: California Condors were nearly driven to extinction due to their extreme ugliness. A face even a mother couldn't love. Exhibit A:
  14. Pacific Ordeal

    Hey, things got pretty thick. :o Thanks for the catch
  15. WI: US Forces Intervenes in Rhwandan Genocide

    Not much. To reframe it - Lets say the police serve a warrant on an warehouse that is supposed to be full of terrorists all with fingers on the trigger. Briefing is to take no chances. One of the cops trips and he has an AD. Lead elements of the entry team open up and kill a bunch of...
  16. WI: US Forces Intervenes in Rhwandan Genocide

    One of the most difficult military scenarios since WW II. The nearest coastline in 900+ mile away, meaning carrier aircraft are more or less out of the picture, as are even the longest range helicopters. Even operating out of Tanzania the distances are daunting, as is the general lack of...
  17. Mach 3+ Aircraft Technology and Capabilities

    MACH 3+ isn't worth the trouble. Costs increase at an almost logarithmic rate for ever 0.1 of the MACH number and all you achieve is getting a more expensive aircraft that is shot down by a missile moving a couple MACH faster. The only reason for a MACH4+ air breather is to get high enough...
  18. WI: California Grizzly Never Goes Extinct

    There really wouldn't be any difference (might be easier for me to get a date on Saturday night, but I digress...). Grizzlies were always in fairly short supply, confined mostly to the Sierras and the North Coast forests. Their range began to shrink as soon as somebody showed up with a...
  19. Pacific Ordeal

    Here is the latest update. Comments always welcome. 8. The disagreements between the two U.S. military branches, along with their Commonwealth counterparts, over the suddenly increased availability of the tools of war sometimes reach the level of farce. The “Higgins Boat War” perhaps best...
  20. :eek: Mass Jet powered aircraft at the start of WW2

    Poor old Brewster? More like poor customers. The company was so flat out incompetent that the FBI actually conducted a spy hunt at the factory. They could not believe that there was any way that a company could put out such crappy product without having intentional sabotage. Brewster...
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