Actually, reviewing further it was all five BB and all three of the CA for Dragoon that were also part of Neptune. All the ships had to return to port to have their magazines refilled during their time off the Coast, the returned and expended more ammunition off the invasion beaches. They then...
The majority of the gun line (3 of 4 BB, both CA) that supported Dragoon was also part of Overlord/Neptune, as were a number of the escorting ships.
It could be done, but only at the cost of moving the Pacific Fleet gun line to the Med, something that puts off Saipan by at least 3 months...
The ship was, at least until the F-35, the shining example of everything wrong with American military procurement. It was utterly worthless, at least for the time and effort invested in its design and class construction.
It had no mission that could not be performed better by other ships.
It...
Questionable. It was already heavy at close to 11,500 pounds dry, that was without all the complicated contra-rotating props, extra driveshafts, arrestor gear, fuselage and landing gear strengthening necessary to manage a carrier landing (carrier upgrade added about 17% to the Spitfire's empty...
Japan: USS Enterprise at Midway June 4 1942. Has to to Kill Ray Spruance.
Nazi Germany: USS Augusta, August 9, 1941. Kill both Churchill and FDR.
The WAllies really doesn't matter all that much, not in any sort of war changing way. However...
Great Britain: Tirpitz, March 9, 1942. The...
Basis of this T/L is that the U.S. shook into gear as soon as the 2 Ocean Navy Act passed and went full bore, double time in the yards, etc. B-17E, P-38, F4U (not deck certified), and early model P-47 are available in limited number.
At least the 109T would have been able to survive combat (landing, not so sure :p).
You have to go a way to beat F2A Buffalo in carrier trim. While it had a degree of success in a shore based role, especially with the Finnish Air Force, with the additional weight needed to deck qualify it was...
Not what I meant.
Post war the U.S. grabbed all the materials they could from all the Axis powers to see if they had something better than what was in the U.S. inventory.
In the case of the plate that the IJN had produced for Shinaro, prior to the decision to covert her to and aviation...
Each of Yamato's 18" turret was 2,730.2 tons. Take all three of them off and you only save 10% of the total displacement.
Just not going to make a difference. Best bet for the IJN would have been 35-38,000 ton (standard load) ships with 8-9 16" guns and 28 knots. They could build those...
You are assuming that a Pope has to be a Cardinal. Not the case. Does not even have to be an ordained member of the clergy at time of election. Any Roman Catholic male can be elected/proclaimed by the Conclave. In practical terms this is, of course, extremely unlikely, but Canon Law does not...
Close, except all the GF BB could defeat the best of the HSF battle cruiser's armor and none of the HSF guns were capable of killing any of the actual RN battleships short of a golden BB hit.
"Easiest" way to do this would be elected POTUS and than Pope.
There is no legal requirement for a candidate to the Papacy to be an ordained priest. Any male Roman Catholic is eligible , the choice is entirely up to the Conclave.
BTW: This is about as likely as my ascendancy, but it is...