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  1. What would the US Navy be like?

    To defeat the fleets mentioned they would need absolutely nothing, although to defeat all of them simultaneously would require at least two more decks (keeping in mind that there are always at least 3 decks in some stage of RCOH or DPIA and that the Ford will not be in commission before late...
  2. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    The only real advantage would have been on Omaha. There the biggest change would be a probable casualty reduction thanks to differing equipment that would reduce, although far from eliminate, losses at the water's edge and reduce or possibly eliminate the losses incurred in the DD Shermans, and...
  3. Hitler's/Nazi policies towards Africans or people of color

    The Reich was very openly bigoted based on Race. Musicians playing jazz were, by law, prohibited from swinging instruments more than a few inches in any direction. To do more was considered to be supportive of "Negro music".:rolleyes: That being said, the Nazis were not that far beyond how...
  4. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    The point of that statement was to indicate that the Corps had insufficient logistical tail to operate anywhere except close to the beaches. The Fleet has, and does, provide the Corps with its medical personnel, from combat medics to Stateside Hospitals. It had no structure to set up independent...
  5. Egypt's Anwar Sadat wins the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel

    The only one that was even close, at least that has ever gotten out of deep black, was the 1983 Able Archer/false target incident.
  6. Egypt's Anwar Sadat wins the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel

    It wasn't a bluff, not even close to being one. The U.S. was 100% ready to blow any Soviet aircraft out of the sky, sink any Soviet shipping, and go to war if necessary. Sixth Fleet was rearming its strike aircraft with B-61s. SAC had fully armed bombers on 15 minute alert worldwide...
  7. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    They had made more landings not assaults. North Africa was, while not administrative, only difficult because of total lack of combat experience. Sicily was effectively administrative, the Italians had no interest or effort in stopping them at the beach, initial defensive position were several...
  8. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    The egos would have been the killer. There were actually enough Marines by then to have used one division to take Omaha (which was always seen as the toughest nut due to the cliffs, although no one really expected it to be so much worse as was the case) and enough LVT to deal with both Omaha...
  9. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    Best would actually have been to ship over a couple hundred LVT-4/LVT(A)-4. The Overlord planners didn't think they needed the tracs and that they would be too much trouble. There were actually right on 4 of 5 beaches, but they were VERY wrong on the 5th.
  10. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    From the practical perspective the real issue would be General Marshall. He would have allowed Marines in the ETO over his rotting corpse. He wouldn't even consider a proposal for USMC Corsairs to be used to destroy V-2 facilities with Tiny Tim rockets. He was convinced, to the depths of his...
  11. Allied equivalent to the V-2..

    Range and cost. The V-1 was relatively cheap (about 3% the cost of a Lancaster), but had no legs at all and was less accurate than even Bomber Command's night area bombing. Even then, the ROI was very poor. It took ~10 V-1 to carry the same bomb load as a single Lancaster and every one of...
  12. Why was the U.K. Still Willing To Give Hong Kong To China Even After Tianamen?

    Because it wasn't our decision to make? The U.S. had no dog in that fight.
  13. WI: The US Marines stormed Normandy?

    Two fold answer... The losses taken on Omaha would be somewhat lower simply due to the near certain use of amtracs and the Corps experience in landing against beach fortification. Amtracs, especially LVT(A)-4 support tracs would have likely permitted a more rapid exit from the beach. Since...
  14. WI: Hitler Stands Defiant?

    Odds are the move would be via sub. The WAllies were not doing active hunting in the lower Baltic and the Soviets weren't heavy into ASW either. It could be done, and likely successfully, as late as April 26-28. Hanna Reitsch (who idolized Hitler) flew a Fi-156 into Berlin on the 26th and...
  15. WI: Hitler Stands Defiant?

    More likely would be an attempt to get to Norway, something that was actually discussed, but rejected since Hitler had, by that point decided to die in Berlin. As I noted in a different current thread the Wehrmacht had 300,000 Heer troops with some beach defenses, a reasonably intact...
  16. Egypt's Anwar Sadat wins the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel

    Uh... No they wouldn't unless the Egyptians were actually about to literally drive them into the Sea. The Israelis were well aware that if they used nukes on Soviet allies the Soviets would react, possibly not with equal force, but with sufficient force to overwhelm Israel. As was the...
  17. Hitler dog captured by the soviets

    Oh FFS. Seriously? Locked for the common good.
  18. WI: ISIS Captures Baghdad

    Oops, wrong. Conspiracy theories are contraindicated hereabouts.
  19. Was institutionalized human sacrifice doomed to extinction?

    Lets keep the political commentary in Chat, shall we?
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