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  1. WI Japan doesnt go to war with china 1937

    "Just following orders"? Seriously? The PoW and civilian internees who died through active neglect, abuse and intentional starvation will be comforted by that. "Hated what they were doing, but were just following orders of their officers"? No. Seriously? Undoubtedly the Comfort...
  2. DBWI-Yamato class Battleship built

    Ya, DBWI tend to do that. They are like a cooperative T/L but without any need to cooperate.;) All it takes is one poster to go a different way and "derail city". Most don't make it to page 4.
  3. Alternate ways for America to enter WWII

    With the Shanghai Incident scenario Hitler is presented with a REAL conundrum. Since any war arising against Japan would be virtually certain to include the British (who had at least as large of a military contingent in Shanghai as the U.S., with more British civilians than Americans present)...
  4. Alternate ways for America to enter WWII

    Might be right. Of course in 1937 the Japanese also mea culpa'd and paid reparations, it was military losses only (3 KIA, 45 WIA), and the rancor in the relationship wasn't nearly as high. A straight up fight in the International Settlement, with noteworthy losses, including some "European"...
  5. American Nazi: Who Could It Be?

    Uh... Personally despise the man, but NOT A CHANCE.
  6. Alternate ways for America to enter WWII

    Far & away the easiest, lowest change from OTL conditions. ^ If the Texas is sunk, in the prevailing conditions that could kill 600+ personnel. Between the number of casualties and the fact it was a BATTLESHIP the outcry would be enough to set things off, especially since the Election cycle...
  7. DBWI-Yamato class Battleship built

    While the Southern Philippines was absolutely the series of engagements where the number of IJN ships was whittled down, the "Death Ride" was what destroyed the IJN as a serious combat force. The loss of Nagato, Ezo, Kinia, Haruna along with the virtual destruction of Kongo (which never left...
  8. WI: Pre-Emptive Strike | USA vs North Korea

    Not according to the OP. :D
  9. DBWI-Yamato class Battleship built

    Not much difference actually, at least the way things worked out. The existence of them might have given the "gun club" fools in the Department of the Navy the traction needed to build the Montana Class superbattleship. or even, God forbid, convince someone that the happily cancelled Alaska...
  10. WI: Pre-Emptive Strike | USA vs North Korea

    China? How about NATO? You know, the NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization? :p
  11. Post-World War II Aircraft vs. Ships?

    Lockity lock. Reopened. Please don't push threads to the front page just to do it. If they are going to generate comment it isn't necessary.
  12. List alternate PMs or Presidents

    The similarities here are WAY to close to avoid charges of Plagiarism. Worst part is you didn't even bother to change the triple damned color scheme. At least try to be clever about stealing from others. You are kicked for a week. Probably should be a Ban, just for sheer gall, but since...
  13. Force Z survives Dec 10th 1941 and is then exists as a ‘fleet in being’

    It is worth noting that the 22nd Air Flotilla was specifically reinforced with 25 A6M to provide escort for its G3M and G4M torpedo/level bombers. The Zeros had the range to stay with the bombers anywhere in the South China Sea. No escort was provided on December 10th based on the lack of...
  14. Force Z survives Dec 10th 1941 and is then exists as a ‘fleet in being’

    The Kido Butai (minus CarDiv 5) left Staring Bay, Cebes on February 25 to cover the invasion of Java. On February 27th they had a strike up to attack the Langley, but land based air beat them to the target. Kido Butai aircraft sank USS Pecos and USS Edsell off Christmas Island on March 1st as...
  15. Nazi unilateral ceasefire after the fall of France

    We had a decent discussion on this a couple months ago. The general consensus (from which I abstained) was that the UK wouldn't back off. The one element of the general trend that I did very much agree with was that Hitler had made it so clear that he wasn't to be trusted, regardless of what...
  16. Operation Ten-Go WI: The Battleships Go In First

    The Atlanta class was actually a very good carrier escort. The problem was that they were initially classified as light cruisers (actually CL(AA), but the CL was the part TF commanders would remember) and in the early Solomons battles they were used as cruisers. Had they been attached at the hip...
  17. Force Z survives Dec 10th 1941 and is then exists as a ‘fleet in being’

    Well, the Japanese also had four carriers (Div1 Akagi & Kaga and Div 2 Hiryu & Soryu) covering the landing) as well as BatDiv 3 (the four Kongo class ships) covering the operation already. Had there be a chance of engaging Force Z, the IJN could have shift those forces a few miles closer to the...
  18. Force Z survives Dec 10th 1941 and is then exists as a ‘fleet in being’

    Fleet in being? Against the IJN? Not too likely, at least not using British controlled bases on the SW Pacific. Darwin is indefensible. Singapore obviously is a non starter, even without it falling to the Japanese (something that Churchill never even considered a possibility during the...
  19. Operation Ten-Go WI: The Battleships Go In First

    The key you have in that last sentence is that the fast BB were used to augment the AAA defenses of a carrier, not that the carrier was used to provide air cover for the BB (which would have been the case if the BB was the more effective system). This was as much a matter of making a silk purse...
  20. Most effective WW2 weapons against smaller warships

    The concept as the IJN designed it, much like the beehive AAA round for 460mm main guns, was indeed nuts. There is, however, also the reality that, with greater range of engagement thanks to increased gun elevations/gunlaying radars, the impacts of plunging fire, both to deck armor schemes...
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