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  1. Taranto/Pearl style attack on the IJN?

    Unless you butterfly away the European War (which would also butterfly away the Japanese take over of French Indochina, and in turn eliminate the Embargo, eliminating the need to attack the DEI and Malaya) the RN doesn't have the forces available to go after Truk. Until the reversals in the...
  2. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I have a couple different ideas. They all come down to "nothing good".
  3. Taranto/Pearl style attack on the IJN?

    That 700 NM is more than a minor issue. The RN lacked both the fleet train and high endurance ships that the U.S. possessed. U.S. destroyer had between 30 & 50% greater range than their RN counterparts, destroyer range was the most critical limitation of long range operations since they burn...
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Morality is more than a little difficult to determine. The WAllies have denied the German people full self determination, which is a violation of one of their highest principals. On the other hand they ensured that all Germans lived in a democratic state where they can select their own leaders...
  5. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    No, by 2015 most of the Continent has recovered, although some of the intentional damage done by the Waffen SS as it retreated lingers. The bio-weapons, excepting the wide areas contaminated by anthrax, are mainly back in the bottle, but case of plague still occur as do outbreaks of other...
  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The idea of the Indians joining the A4 was one I considered and rejected. The U.S. was very picky about the Nuclear secrets that resulted from Manhattan IOTL, to the extent that they cut the British off. The U.S. was also the big kid on the playground when it came to post war command...
  7. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    Actually the last point was in response to the earlier post regarding the difficulty the Red Army encountered. As an aside: Please refrain from the term "Jap" unless quoting historical figures or writing fictional dialogue in a story or T/L. THanks.
  8. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Not sure on either. I'll post when I know. The postscripts were fun, but I do not think that they are ready for "prime time". I did them at the request (demands?) of some of you who followed this massive work throughout, but they are not, IMO of the same quality as the rest of the T/L. Fun to...
  9. Wrapped In Flames

    Really good response right up until the last for letters. Rather needless, don't you think?
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Please note that the published version will NOT include the three postscript sections. It ends in 1960/61.
  11. Taranto/Pearl style attack on the IJN?

    Nearly impossible, extremely high risk. The U.S. managed to get within 600 miles of the Japanese coast to fly off Doolittle's force, but the force didn't wait around to recover any aircraft and beat feet as soon as the last bomber launched. Truk was a very tough nut, probably beyond the RN's...
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    English is pretty much everywhere, although Russian and "tribal" languages remain in use. Russian and English are both used in government communications, with Russian translation below English text, and ballots are bi-lingual. Taiwan is independent, although the original immediate post war...
  13. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    This work is going to be published by SeaLion Press as a Kindle on Amazon. I have been asked to provide some quotes regarding the work. If you wish to do so, or to allow me to use previously posted comments in this manner (anonymously) please indicate this in comments here. I will not use...
  14. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    Let's look at the figures. The U.S. forces in the Philippines consisted of 18,000 regular troops (including USAAF ground grew) and militia of varying quality, most of it poorly armed and even more poorly trained. The 14th Army consisted of 120,000 regulars, admittedly some of them lower quality...
  15. writer Thomas Hine and his 'longish' view of the 1970s?

    The change was that the public started to embrace the concept of a stronger U.S. military. The American public was, overall, not much in love with the military post Viet Nam. The Iran crisis changed that. I suppose I could have used April 24, 1980, that was the day that totally doomed Carter and...
  16. writer Thomas Hine and his 'longish' view of the 1970s?

    After November 4 everything changed. It was also the end of the Vietnam syndrome. Carter's last year+ in office consisted of dealing with the Crisis and the later Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I can remember the little brother of one of my friend freaking out about having to register for the...
  17. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    Yes, a joke. Yes, they inflicted losses, serious ones in many cases, but so did the Italians in the ETO and Africa. No one proclaims the Italians to be an outstanding army, despite their ability to inflict losses. I am not going to restate the litany of failures the IJA used to mark its trail...
  18. 1950s-1960s: Moscow Nuclear Accident

    The missiles were just the lifting vehicles, they were neither armed nor fueled (at the time ALL Soviet long range weapons were liquid fueled). The warheads were under the control of the KGB and missiles under the Strategic Rocket Forces. Subverting either of them, much less both simultaneously...
  19. Japanese invasion of Russia 1941

    Where, I am constrained to ask, would the Japanese manage to come up with an extra 1.3 MILLION men? They barely managed to scrape together 11 divisions for the Lunge South. Also, IJA logistics were, simply put, horrific. They made the Heer's logistical tail look reasonable. The further...
  20. writer Thomas Hine and his 'longish' view of the 1970s?

    The 1960's died on December 6, 1969 at Altamont. The 1970's died November 4, 1979.
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