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  1. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The reasons are complex, but they all sort of come down to "respect". The A4 more or less left China to stew after the end of the Pacific Phase, no one really wanted to get into that Civil War on any side (and there were several, Nationalist/Maoist is so OTL), and just about no one really was...
  2. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    It is actually even worse. IOTL MAD was a thing, with megadeath hanging on every potential error, but both sides knew it. No one has a clue of what the Chinese are cooking up, or trying to cook up. The Chinese don't want a deterrent so they will be left alone (IOTL everyone knows that Nukes are...
  3. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Large number of older generation obsolecent or obsolete aircraft, mainly Indian, but with some domestic manufacture as well. Nothing close to the A4 or Indian capabilities, but swarms of them. The basic idea is "if we send up six and you shoot down five before we get lucky, we win". Tanks are...
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    There are some stats at the end of the "main" volume. Most of the other questions are addressed either in the three "postscript" sections (which take the AANW world up to 2010 in a highly condensed form) or in the discussions of the various posts.
  5. Logistical limits on an allied Army of the Urals in a Nazi Cold War scenario?

    In that case, it is a non starter. Only actual wartime needs could get Congress to spend the ungodly sums of money required to build an actual transportation network across a frozen big empty.
  6. Logistical limits on an allied Army of the Urals in a Nazi Cold War scenario?

    Logistically very, very difficult, but not impossible. The question becomes one more of resolve and time than anything else. That is where the impossible comes in. It would take, at the minimum, a decade of all out wartime effort to build up the transport network, then 4-5 years to defeat...
  7. Why do people keep saying the Ludlow Amendment "almost passed" the House?

    Ah... So like how I almost married Carrie Underwood. She did perform just about a mile from my house. I'd call that a relatively near approach. My entire life story just improved. With some additional review, it will be absolutely kickin'! :p
  8. What if: Japan invasion Kuril island ?

    Hmmm.... Japan - Non-nuclear power Russia - Nuclear power Yep, that sums it up nicely.
  9. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    You BOTH need to take things down a notch or three. I HATE having to Mod in a thread I have actively taken part in. Doesn't mean I won't do it. Y'all really don't want that.
  10. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    Pics or it didn't happen. :p Actually you have very good points, expanding on some of the issues mentioned before this went all gear-head.
  11. New World Order: The Anglo-American Post-War

    I take no credit or blame. :D I am very interested to see a different take (and apparently there will be another thread coming up as well from someone else).
  12. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    There is a minuscule chance that you actually made an error in phrasing here, since nothing up to this point has indicated that you are utterly insane, so I'll leave the Hammer in the case for now. Avocation/recommendation of Genocide is a Bannable offense. You are justcamethisclose from...
  13. Possibility of an earlier Pacific War

    This should be inscribed on a monument somewhere.:D Comment of the Month!
  14. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    I wasn't talking about the Luftwaffe at sea. I was talking about something on point. The Luftwaffe in the ground attack mode. The force that destroyed the French in around six weeks as part of the Blitzkrieg and that did enormous damage to the Red Army (although was not able to defeat it). Dive...
  15. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    The D3A was the best dive bomber the Japanese had in 1941, but it was also hellishly vulnerable, had a small bomb-load (1x250kg/550lb bomb or 2x60kg/130lb bombs), and was obsolecent (although issues with the follow on D4Y left it in active service far too long). It was also a carrier aircraft...
  16. New World Order: The Anglo-American Post-War

    Interesting start. To those who are wondering why I would let something already so different from the AANW postscripts be written/posted here: The post war world as described in the post scripts was always just one possible outcome. I blocked out several, all going in differing directions...
  17. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    I had decided to withdraw from this discussion after I had to semi-Mod regarding one comment, but this is simply too much to let go. What leads you to determine that the JAAF had the best dive bombers in the world? The Ki-51 (Sonia) wasn't even the best dive bomber the JAPANESE had in...
  18. Possibility of an earlier Pacific War

    The issue is you need Congress to be prepared to spend the money. While Isolationism tends to get all the credit/blame for the size of the interwar U.S. military that was not the real driving force, although it certainly existed in some numbers. The real driver was taxes and the extreme...
  19. Possibility of an earlier Pacific War

    The U.S. was woefully unprepared for war prior to the Pearl Harbor. In 1939 the ENTIRE U.S. military, all branches, was under 350,000 men. The U.S. Army was ranked somewhere around # 40, right behind Portugal. The Japanese were not ready either, they needed the rest of their CV to be...
  20. The Long-Term State of Race Relations After Decisive US Victory at Bull Run?

    This thread has gone so far off the rails that there is no getting it back. How a Civil War question wound up like this is beyond me. This discussion is actually a Chat issue. If those participating it the last half of the thread want to move it there, go ahead. I would suggest that the...
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