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  1. BAttle of Midway, minus Aleutians Fiasco

    The goal was actually not to take Midway, that was the bonus. Strategically Midway was not part of the original Japanese defensive perimeter, and for very valid reason. It was too far from the rest of the perimeter to provide support and would require disproportionate effort to hold for that...
  2. WI: An updated AD-1 Skyraider returns to service

    The Army has publicly stated they do not want the A-10 transferred to them. I suspect that is a function of not getting the corresponding budget to manage the program more than not wanting the functionality. The budget game played at the Pentagon is pretty much idiotic, and the Army tends to...
  3. Germany stays out of both WWI and WWII, runs the table economically.

    The Japanese had already had a go at the Chinese in 1894, the Russians in 1905, had annexed Korea in 1910, and had a remarkably open expansionist policy. Nearly all of its adventures worked out surprisingly well, leading the Country's leaders to believe that the run of luck would continue. It is...
  4. Germany stays out of both WWI and WWII, runs the table economically.

    Well, without German involvement there won't BE a WW I or WW II, at least not worth the name. WW I remains an A-H/Serbian regional dust-up, maybe with Russian intervention. There is no practical way for France to come into the war and the UK has no reason to. The U.S. remains happy behind...
  5. Who had better tech in WW2: Britain or Germany?

    The RN did exactly what it needed to do as a competent professional force. They honored the threat posed with as much resource as they could devote. While in retrospect the effort vs. Tirpitz was pretty excessive, the WAllies had the forces to spend without notably damaging the overall war...
  6. Who had better tech in WW2: Britain or Germany?

    Actually the KM capital ship designs were rather behind the curve. The Reich's designers took Jutland as the model of future engagements and built ships that would excel in a fight at 15-18 kilometers against opponents with max gun elevations of around 20 degrees. This resulted in a relatively...
  7. Who had better tech in WW2: Britain or Germany?

    Well... Chemical Weapons - Yes, the Reich spent huge effort on them, especially nerve agents (bug spray for people). Combat usage = zero. Useful tech = No Synthetic oil - Yes. Poor cousin to the real thing, down to this day, but quite innovative nonetheless and true tech breakthrough...
  8. Who had better tech in WW2: Britain or Germany?

    This is, frankly, ludicrous. Invention IS technology. Everything else is mechanics and management. Does anyone dispute that Apple is a hi-tech company, even though most of its manufacturing is done in the PRC or elsewhere in Asia? That Intel and Microsoft are high-tech leaders, even though most...
  9. Who had better tech in WW2: Britain or Germany?

    British in a walk. The Swallow and V2 were showy, but completely ineffective in a strategic, even tactical, perspective. Advanced radars, sonars, hedgehog, etc. were anything but spectacular. They also contributed materially to winning the war. There was also this little thing called...
  10. WI All Heavy Kriegsmarine Ships in One Raid.

    Very true. All that one needs to do is look at the amount of resources the British put into keeping the Tirptiz off the gameboard to see the value of the potential vs. reality. It can be easily argued that she was the most cost effective effort in the Reich's entire history.
  11. WI All Heavy Kriegsmarine Ships in One Raid.

    Fuel IS an issue. Ships burn it. In the North Atlantic there is exactly one place the KM can refuel. and it is in Norway, everywhere else is Allied/"neutral". Otherwise the fleet has to return to the continent and deal with heavy air attack along with RN submarine assets that will be waiting for...
  12. HMS Vanguard Mark II

    Isn't this sort of how WW I started? :D
  13. WI: An updated AD-1 Skyraider returns to service

    Actually most A-10 are fairly low hour airframes. They also don't get the same level of airframe stress that the pointy noses get on a routine basis. Only problem with the 'Hog is that the high talkin' chiefs in the Air Force hate it with a passion.
  14. HMS Vanguard Mark II

    Only way it gets built in the UK is if he also builds a yard. He'll also need a separate facility to manufacture the gun tubes. If he really wants original, he will also need to construct a factory to manufacture radio tubes At best it would run 8 years from the word go. In the UK, if it cost...
  15. Make Aramaic more widely spoken

    Zombie speaking some ancient tongue sighted. Zombie dispatched using period weapons.
  16. WI: An updated AD-1 Skyraider returns to service

    Not quite ASB, but it would be extremely difficult. The problem is mainly related to the engine, namely that no one builds high output radial aircraft engines. You could replace it with a turboprop, but the changes would be a nightmare. Might as well start with a fresh sheet of paper. I love...
  17. WI: Nazi Germany Sends POWs into the Extermination Camps

    Well... They did. Including some WAllied prisoners.
  18. What were WW2 ROE?

    Depends. All the players recognized that they were in a literal fight for survival as a political entity, this tended to focus attention on effectiveness rather than limitations. The WAllies generally limited forces to national legal interpretations of the Hague Conventions and the...
  19. Cynthia McKinney calls in sick

    Stick to Chat with this sort of crap. BTW: if the best you can find to carry water is a bloody truther lunatic, your position is likey to be a bit on the weak side
  20. AHC: North Korea Viewed As Badly As Apartheid SA or Israel

    The DPRK is so covered by sanctions that all that is left is an actual war. http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/nkorea.pdf http://sanctionswiki.org/North_Korea
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