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  1. Pacific Ordeal

    There are things that may come out of the course of the narrative which address some of your concerns. Losses (Europe/North Africa) Up to Surrender in the East: Germany: Military: around 850,000 KIA/MIA, presumed KIA, 2 million WIA Civilian: 155,000 dead, 200,000 injured Italy...
  2. Pacific Ordeal

    Thanks for the catches. The Baltic Sea location was Peenemünde.
  3. Pacific Ordeal

    Without derailing into the Morgenthau Plan (an interesting debate, one that has been had here several times), I will simply point out that the statement I made was: I will stand by the belief that it is easier to explain to a reporter, a Senator or even the Chicago Tribune, that keeping an...
  4. Pacific Ordeal

    True enough. The series of decisions made will be somewhat controversial, especially among the Republicans who have been getting beaten at the polls for a decade. In the end, however, all that matters is what FDR decides. During the war he was the Government, more than any President since...
  5. Pacific Ordeal

    Poorly phrased. Roosevelt trusts STALIN a good deal more than Churchill trust STALIN. Same as IOTL
  6. Pacific Ordeal

    Even AANW only won one.
  7. Pacific Ordeal

    The U.S. didn't tell the British they couldn't move into the Baltic States, they told the British that the U.S. wouldn't put troops there. The British, with major formations in North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, and India and with a need to cross France, even mainly unopposed, occupy around...
  8. Nasser's Dream: An Arab Empire

    This should probably be a Ban based on the casual degree of blatant racism in a one liner and your short time here. Your other posts however, seem to be sane, so we will ratchet back a step. You are kicked for a week. During that time you will be unable to post. I strongly advise you...
  9. Pacific Ordeal

    There are a number of rather serious issues that have been thrown in the Soviet's path. IOTL the Soviets picked up entire factories from Germany and transported them, in some case with the skilled engineers that worked there, and moved them to the USSR. There are also the various blueprints...
  10. Pacific Ordeal

    Pretty much. Same as happened IOTL, except nobody is competing with the WAllies for the best toys. The actual ships would be of no use to the U.S. Weapons use the wrong caliber, the bolts and fitting are metric, etc. A few samples, especially of the newer tech (wake following torpedoes, jet...
  11. Pacific Ordeal

    There were a few Type XXI in early construction at the ATL surrender date. As noted the U.S. pick up a few interesting trinkets, the Type XXI was one of them, along with a few A4 rockets and a big group of German scientists who had been working studiously on an island in the Baltic Sea, and...
  12. Pacific Ordeal

    Yes and no. In part it is dependent on the number of rail cars, it also depends on the weapons involved. The average freight train of the era was roughly sixty cars, however 100+ was possible without over stressing the locomotive. A 100 car train carried ~90% of a Class EC2 Liberty ship. Twenty...
  13. Pacific Ordeal

    But... Uncle Joe... Stalwart Ally.... Ya.
  14. Pacific Ordeal

    The newest update. Comments are encouraged 2. While the War in Europe was coming to its startling halt the savage fighting in the Pacific continued without pause as the U.S. and Japan tore into each other in the Solomons and Australian/American forces fought a cruel, no quarter asked or given...
  15. Effects of an unconquered Norway on WWII?

    It is a huge help, even if it observes strict neutrality (and that isn't violated by the WAllies, which is a not a sure thing) The Murmansk convoys were bloodbaths thanks, in no small part, to the presence of Luftwaffe and KM patrol assets operating out of Norway. A neutral Norway also allows...
  16. WI:WAllies instead invaded europe using italy.

    Well, the WAllies would reach Berlin sometime around 1948. Oh, ya. The Soviets would have already reached the Channel, so no big rush at that point.
  17. WI U-boats with Long Lance torpedoes?

    The biggest advantage for the U-boat force early on by using the IJN Type 95, beside them being insanely fast (very helpful when using an unguided weapon) is that the warheads worked all the time. The KM had a similar problem to the USN with magnetic detonators early in the war. once they got...
  18. Allied Special Forces operate inside Germany during the earlier phases of WW2

    Special forces/SPECOPS really didn't exist until .well into the war. SOE and OSS were intereting early efforts, but they were neither modern SAS, American Tier One, nor MI6 from the movies. The concept started in the war, but it was decades before they developed into the lethal sort of force...
  19. Pacific Ordeal

    I appreciate the feedback. Hopefully as the work develops at least some of this will be addressed to make it plausible from your perspective.
  20. Pacific Ordeal

    There is the danger that the German people would not accept the reality of defeat. Occupation by the U.S., British, and French is going to make it clear who won. The WAllies decided they couldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, at least not too closely. I will be covering this in an upcoming...
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