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  1. Ideal WW2 tactical bomber: Single or Double engine?

    Well, I'll just use the source you provided. (bottom page14) (middle page 16) (middle page 43)
  2. Japanese Air Force

    It might. It also might have created a three way dog-fight for every single resource.
  3. Could the Soviets have won in Vietnam?

    They would have done worse, assuming they tried the same methods as in Afghanistan. You would have thought Moscow would have learned from the U.S. debacle with limited war. They didn't, even if they did play quite a bit rougher. Limited war = limited failure.
  4. Japanese Air Force

    At least an Imperial Rescript. Keep in mind that either the Army OR Navy could bring down the government, at will, simply by withdrawing their respective minister (who was always a serving officer) and refusing to appoint a replacement.
  5. WI: Yamato is sent to the Solomon Islands

    It did take hundreds of aircraft. Overall they put ~12 1,000 pound SAP bombs and ~7 torpedoes into Yamato, for a total of 19 major weapon hits in just over two hours. Washington put at least 9 16" 2,700 pound AP shells, and at least 40 5" AP high velocity rounds into Kirishima, probably many...
  6. WI: Yamato is sent to the Solomon Islands

    Yamamoto wasn't housed on the Yamato for its luxurious accommodations, or to make him fell important. He was there (and some have postulated was initially promoted to C-i-C, which placed him afloat) to keep some hyper-nationalist Army officer from splitting his brisket. To say that Yamamoto was...
  7. Ideal WW2 tactical bomber: Single or Double engine?

    The B-26 and its sibling the A-26 (which I probably should have mentioned since they are completely different aircraft, although the AAF in the Pacific wouldn't even accept them to replace lost B-25 & B-26 due to some visibility issues when down in the weeds) were slightly less robust and...
  8. Probability Check: Limited Axis Victory

    The Nazi concept of "Aryan" was variable. Even IOTL, by 1940, they were selecting out Polish, Ukrainian, and other Slacis (supposedly untermensch ) infants and toddlers who were Blond and Blue. They shipped them off to the Reich to be raised as orphans, usually by loyal SS parents, leading to...
  9. Ideal WW2 tactical bomber: Single or Double engine?

    Radial engine, singe engine, fast as a thief, and heavily armed. Liquid cooled engines are vastly more vulnerable, one fragment into the radiator and you, at best, lose the aircraft. Radials can have multiple cylinders shot OFF the engine and stay in the air. 20mm cannon are better than .50 cal...
  10. WI: Japanese conditional surrender before the Potsdam convention.

    The absolute BEST case the Japanese could hope for by that time was no occupation, or much more likely a short term occupation. Too much water under the bridge, WAY too many confirmed reports of atrocities, way too much hatred, just way too much. All of the Japanese Empire was seen as ill...
  11. After a Nuclear exchange .

    Europe intact? Africa destroyed? AFRICA? I would purely love to see who the belligerents are in this scenario.
  12. Alternative to RAF Area Bombing

    1,000km puts all of Germany, most of France and Czechoslovakia, and part of Poland in range. The speed and general maneuverability of the Mosquito would likely result in fewer losses, and each loss will be less costly (the aircraft was about 1/3 the production cost of a Lancaster, and the crew...
  13. French immigration to Argentina

    Also... Given the overall tone of this thread, it seems to be a flame magnet. Locked for the common good.
  14. French immigration to Argentina

    Don't tell folks you reported them. Just hit the button and move on.
  15. French immigration to Argentina

    At first I thought this might be a case of an Argentine just unhappy with the local economy. But you are posting from Utah, so that sent out the window. This is nationalist bigotry of a rather foul variety. It borders on Ban territory, but we will try a step down and see how it works. Do NOT...
  16. In His Own Right

    88 MONTHS? Seriously? FFS.
  17. French immigration to Argentina

    Was this comment really constructive?
  18. WI: Yamato is sent to the Solomon Islands

    There is that. Three or four knots is a BIG deal in this scenario. The Japanese had to make a 300 mile sprint from Ontong Java Atoll to the waters off Guadalcanal. That seriously reduces the time the Japanese force can remain engaged, probably by 45 minutes to an hour. Yamato is also...
  19. WI: Yamato is sent to the Solomon Islands

    Be an interesting engagement. Yamato was a very serious warship, but so was the South Dakota (Washington somewhat less so). Also, if the IJN has decided to go all in to this level it is likely that at least one or two other real heavies are along for the ride. If the USN knows that there are...
  20. Probability Check: Limited Axis Victory

    Some German tech was top notch. Much of it wasn't. The MG-42 was the best medium machine gun of the war, versions are in use to this day, the basic combat rifle of the Heer, was, on the other hand a 40 year old design that has seen its best days at Verdun. The Reich threw a lot of "not quite...
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