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  1. Days of Infamy WHN?

    So, Yamamoto violates every principal that had been drilled into him since he was a cadet, places TWO of Japan's irreplaceable battleships (the Japanese did not lay down/complete one full BB throughout the war) into range of substantial shore batteries (a violation of basic IJN policy dating...
  2. Pacific Ordeal

    Interesting question, isn't it?
  3. Pacific Ordeal

    Stalin acted as aggressively as he wanted whenever he so chose. His action in Eastern Europe were a gigantic FU to the West, as was the later Berlin Blockade (and he was not really even mildly irritated at that point in time, was facing a U.S. with nuclear weapons, and knew that the USSR was at...
  4. Pacific Ordeal

    Some very interesting comments. :) Without simply posting the entire outline (yes I do use a version of one despite the appearance that I make this %^$# as I go along) let me sort of scatter respond to some of the comments. The U.S. Army in the ETO is not the well oiled machine that rolled...
  5. Most powerful Battleship of WWII .

    In that case the debate comes down to three classes. The Bismarck class gave the British the vapors for close to four years. The RN and RAF dedicated enormous resources simply to keep Tirpitz from leaving its fjord and didn't stop obsessing over her until the finally manage to capsize her...
  6. Pacific Ordeal

    Wait... I am.... ....predictable? :eek::eek::eek::eek: :D
  7. Pacific Ordeal

    Great. Just Great. Now I have to completely redo the outline. grumble... grumble... grumble... :p
  8. Pacific Ordeal

    Really bad weather here yesterday. Good news is that it left me with nothing to do but write :D Here is the next Chapter. Comments welcome. 6. Stalin left few papers and no diary; most of what is known of his later rule is mainly drawn from short, almost minimal, instructions and...
  9. Pacific Ordeal

    Soon... Maybe... :p
  10. Pacific Ordeal

    While it was obviously hyperbole, the Japanese perspective was actually closer to that than might be suspected. Tarawa presented a tactical problem that had never been attempted since the introduction of high explosives and automatic weapons, and rarely tried even before the modern age. A...
  11. What If? Gilligans Island Renewed?

    It was pretty funny for the time. It is at least equal to the other mindless sitcoms of the era. There were called mindless sitcoms for a reason. The rarity would be really GOOD sitcoms. They were also likely funnier the first five viewings. I Love Lucy is seen as genius, and probably is, but...
  12. Pacific Ordeal

    Not necessarily. To this point the German surrender has had minimal impact in the Pacific. The only real changes are a few more P-38s, P-40s, and some additional heavy bomber squadrons along with a small increase of aircraft into India and cargo aircraft for the the Hump route. Changes will...
  13. Pacific Ordeal

    Pertain's government was declared illegitimate. Unfortunately the French didn't have sufficient forces in place to aviod small scale fighting between pro-de Gaulle, pro-Pertain and pro-Communist groups. It is all part of the same bloody mess.
  14. Pacific Ordeal

    Correct. I'll make the change. Sikorski was killed in mid 1943 aircraft crash, after inspecting Polish Forces in North Africa. That crash was butterflied away . By ATL mid-1943 Polish forces were in Poland, allowing him to avoid that particular flight, survive and continue as PM.
  15. Pacific Ordeal

    Here is the next update. Comments always welcome. 5. As the January 15 deadline for the exchange of wanted war criminals approached both the U.S. and UK tried to, in their view, convince the Soviets to be more reasonable in their demands. The WAllied leaders could see no way to hand over...
  16. Most realistic scenario for a world post a nuclear war

    I hope not. Recognizing the mathematics of the stockpile is hardly cheerleading. In 1962 it was even more in favor of the U.S. In 1962 the U.S. had almost 28,000 weapons, the Soviets had under 3,300. The Soviet had to deal with targets across Europe as well as within the U.S. Soviet launch...
  17. Isolation and encirclement of continent-sized country

    A Canadian embargo would be much more difficult to maintain unless it was due to some truly abhorrent action. The U.S./Canada border is not patrolled in any real sense. There are actual hiking trails that cross the border with the only security being a sign telling people that they shouldn't...
  18. Most realistic scenario for a world post a nuclear war

    I have NEVER, in my time here, seen anyone make this sort of statement. NEVER. Care to link to some? Not saying they don't exist, just interested in who is working under that level of delusion.
  19. Most realistic scenario for a world post a nuclear war

    At peak number of weapons? That wasn't in the 1960s, it was in 1986 (~65,000, excluding those in India, Israel, Pakistan and South Africa) Peak in the 1960s was in 1967. The Soviets had just under 9,000 warheads, the PRC had ~20, and NATO had 30,000+, virtually all of them being American...
  20. AHC: Most misogynist world?

    Not that obvious. Christianity has plenty of examples, as does Judaism.
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