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  1. AHC: Worst possible scenario with an Allied victory in WWII

    I'll be honest (if egotistical) and say it is difficult to get much worse than AANW in a "the good guys win" scenario Mass death by starvation in Japan from the blockade/burning campaign that kills 10% of Japan's population. Virtually every Jew and Roma in Europe dead, 3/4 of the Polish...
  2. AHC/WI: The US Navy launches Project Danny

    Only way the operation happens is if Marshall literally drops dead. The Corps was getting into the ETO over his dead body, and that not a figure of speech. King could bluster all he wanted, but he was not the senior officer, not in debate and not in the Navy. King knew damned well he as SOL...
  3. What if Japan invaded Hawaii during Pearl Harbor?

    Folks, y'all need to throttle back. Now.
  4. WI: Czolgosz's gun jams

    I think you might have TR confused with his successor in Office. You know, the one whose life wasn't saved by the 10th Cav in Cuba.
  5. Operation Barbarossa : a close call or Germany was simply outmatched

    Well it wasn't kill everyone or ALL the land. About 70% of the USSR would still have existed, all the Reich wanted were the productive parts. They also intended to let about 35% of the Slavic population survive as slaves. So... But, ya, sub optimal deal.
  6. AHC: Heavy Guns Retained on Post-World War II Warships

    All it takes is unlimited money. Guns/mounts/turrets add lots of topside weight (the classic example being the Iowa class where each turret weighed more than a destroyer). You deal with that by having greater positive buoyancy, along with deeper draught, generally that means a bigger hull...
  7. Worst Possible Name For A Combat Aircraft.

    Christ, I wouldn't take bla... er... credit for it once, much less twice.
  8. Operation Barbarossa : a close call or Germany was simply outmatched

    This ^. There were any number of times that the Soviets could have cracked, especially in the first six weeks following the invasion. If anyone had grabbed the controls while Stalin was having his breakdown, the chances of Soviet government disintegration are fairly strong, although far from...
  9. WI: Holocaust never happens, and nazis not anti-semetic

    You also have the "romance" of the thing. The Reich managed to fight most of the world for three years before the wheels really came off the buggy. It has all the appeal of the ACW "Lost Cause" myth and on an international stage, but it gets undercut by the Final Solution. Can't wax too...
  10. U.S first strike on Japan

    The U.S. was not capable of reversing the roles. Not capable in any way, shape or form. While the USN was in decent shape, albeit just starting to reconstitute itself to deal with the Post-Treaty world, the Army was, as has been said time and again, a joke (IIRC it was # 43 in size, behind...
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