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  1. WI: Douglas MacArthur executed after fall of the Philippines?

    ...and you know how hard it is for a bear to jump? Ain't easy. :D However... The reality is that there was no part of the law, either civilian or military that allows for execution for incompetence. If there were the number of open offices globally would be utterly stunning. The only...
  2. Disaster at Leuthen TL - Frederick the Great dies in battle

    Calm down dude. This was totally inappropriate for the circumstances. DO NOT do it again.
  3. AHY Britain reacts to 1914 French Collapse

    This is NOT Chat. Please confine political comments like this to the proper Forum. Thanks.
  4. Modern Nazi uniforms?

    Five years dead. RIP
  5. Triple Intervention of 1895 leads to a would war in 1895

    Zombie observed. Duty VooDoo doctor dispatched.
  6. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Wait... Through Turkey? So the Reich invades TURKEY? The last time that went well for the invader was 1453. Your position on the Reich Bomb Project is vastly different from every source I have read on the subject. Can you provide a few references? I'm especially interested in anything...
  7. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Would they tread water for 72 hours first?
  8. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Problem is, of course, the KM operational plan called for a 55 hour crossing because it didn't have perfect landing barges. The actual killer for me remains the sit OUTSIDE of Calais Harbor for up to three days before even starting the crossing. Can you imagine the condition of the troops...
  9. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    I would be willing venture that a fleet of unarmored, low freeboard, civilian (meaning built as light and as weak as possible, quite intentionally, to increase cargo capacity) vessels will suffer vastly more losses while waiting at anchor for up to 72 hours, in open water outside harbor...
  10. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Would this be before or after the flying monkeys (those bastards always scared the crap out of me)? You had me convinced un- No, you never had me convinced. Since the Reich gave up on its Bomb research in 1943 (either due to a major math error, or an intentional bit of mathematical sabotage)...
  11. After a nuclear apocalypse?

    The U.S, had a remarkably detailed recovery/continuity plan, the CoG (Continuity of Government). Every federal agency had its own CoO (Continuity of Operation Plan, going all the way down to the Postmaster of Bent Spoon MS (not a real town, but, by God, it should be!), mandated by the CoG. It...
  12. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    What has faded back into the mists is the single, most critical element that would doom the invasion plan. The Plan required the invasion fleet to gather, in open water for THREE DAYS while being in non optics enhanced visual observation distance of the English coast. The assumption that the...
  13. How to best keep Axis merchant shipping above water in the med .

    They don't need ASW. They need AAW and successful control of the water. They never had either. Malta, as mentioned, was a huge, never-ending boil on the Axis hide. Taking and holding it would greatly increased the difficulty level for the RN & RAF. The Axis, primarily Italian, navies, needed...
  14. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    I have looked at the USSBS (Europe) and even the full report makes only passing mention of air action against river traffic and no mention of barges or ferries at all. I would again suggest the Pacific as a possible source, at least for action against troop transports escorted by destroyers...
  15. The 20th century with America as a British Dominion

    This kinda, sorta needs a POD, otherwise its ASB.
  16. Returning to the "Good Old Days" of warfare

    ^ This. Our modern PC sort of fighting is because there is no real danger to home & hearth. A major war between the superpowers goes to end of times nasty as soon as one side looks to be approaching defeat. The most brutal of any previous war pales into insignificance in even a partial...
  17. Japan attacks in 1942

    The attacks are generally stopped cold. Going down the list Pearl Harbor - Radar installations are in full 24 hour operation giving 360 degree coverage. Operators and command chain understand radar and what contact means. Several more dispersal strips including at least one on Maui, are...
  18. Operation Sea Lion: The Invasion Itself

    Three days? In open water? On barges with 12-18 INCHES of freeboard? How did they intend to FEED the troops for two or three days, while bobbing in the Channel? This thread really drives in the point that the entire operational plan was utterly mad. As an aside, the Allies used...
  19. WI: USN Supercarrier or Battleship Destroyed by Magazine Explosion

    Well it happened a couple times. USS Maine USS Arizona Both ships died from a magazine detonation.
  20. HS129 D

    There are a number of issues with the HS-129 as a CATOBAR capable aircraft operating off the Graf Zeppelin. Lets just look at one. Weight. Empty the 129 weighed ~9,000 pounds. The generally accepted figure for additional equipment needed to convert a land based aircraft to a CATOBAR...
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