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  1. Technical Study: Japanese Defense of Normandy

    Taking Formosa (nee Taiwan), which was actually what the Navy wanted, would have been, comfortably, a better choice from a military perspective. Airbases on the northern section of the Island (near today's Capitol) would have put U.S. fighters within strike range (not CAP, much like the failing...
  2. Army Group B stops outside Stalingrad

    Not really. They did control the terrain on both side of the city, but the Soviets were able to resupply, although at great cost, across the river. The only way to prevent that was to take the landings (on either side of the river, but the only ones that could be potentially reached were the...
  3. Technical Study: Japanese Defense of Normandy

    Interesting. Can you provide a reference? I have read in several sources that General Kuribayashi made a series of specific alterations to his defensive layout due to the utter failure of the German defensive strategy.
  4. Technical Study: Japanese Defense of Normandy

    The only reason the U.S. even invaded the PI was MacArthur. Strategically the Islands were of no major utility. The thrust that was putting the U.S. into position to invade the Home Islands was the Central Pacific campaign. NOTHING happened in MacArthur's AO without his direct permission...
  5. Technical Study: Japanese Defense of Normandy

    The Japanese stopped with beach front /stop them at the water's edge defenses after the WAllies took the Atlantic Wall like it wasn't there. Prior to then the Japanese had only two chances to defend (Tulagi/Guadalcanal were mainly ungarrisioned and New Georgia too large for the garrison to...
  6. Army Group B stops outside Stalingrad

    Stalingrad became a target because of the success of the offensive. It afforded the opportunity to cut the USSR in two by denying the movement of goods along the Volga, a move that would have denied the USSR of most oil coming out of the south. The attack on the city started in high summer...
  7. Much Earlier Maori-European Contact?

    I didn't choose the zombie life. The zombie life choose me.
  8. Nukes used in Korea

    Wow. 9 1/2 year necro. However it actually has some good discussion so we'll see.
  9. Palestinian Hijackers Undertake 9/11

    The Israelis have the Palestine movements thoroughly penetrated. While some actions are a surprise, something like this would be close to certain discovery. If the Israelis didn't find them the Palestinians would likely find and neutralize anyone of their people involved in something like...
  10. Question about an Axis victory Soviet fate?

    The United States is likely to take a dim view of Japan trying to expand into the USSR. Since the OP states the Japanese are defeated, Japan isn't going anywhere.
  11. Question about an Axis victory Soviet fate?

    The demarcation line largely depends on under what circumstance the Peace Treaty is imposed. It is difficult to see any Treaty imposed by a victorious Reich that doesn't utterly cripple the USSR for all time. Ruinous war reparation including massive amounts of finished goods, materials...
  12. AHC: female country stars not so wholesome...

    Shania Twain You can pull these up from now to the end of time. Country female stars don't always look like they do when on Grand Old Opry. Faith Hill, Carrier Underwood, Leann Rimes, hell Dolly Parton, have always played a pretty sexy game. For every seriously conservative singer...
  13. AHC: female country stars not so wholesome...

    Uh... This from the early 80's
  14. Japan invades India: How Screwed Is Japan?

    well, since they did this, and got their ass handed to them by the Indian Army, it would be reasonable to conclude that they would be exactly as badly screwed as IOTL.
  15. German WWII Battleship construction questions

    It was done at short range (the FPS at impact was 1,992, which indicates a range of ~11,000 yards) and it was done at an angle of 0 degrees. The likelihood of an 11,000 yard engagement was fairly small, and since the armor, as installed would have been sloped at 45 degrees, Nathan Okun states...
  16. German WWII Battleship construction questions

    I would recommend the Naval Technology section of Navweaps as reasonable starting place. Just to complicate things a little more :p... Armor isn't all the same, nor are guns of the same caliber the same. As an example, the South Dakota had a very large window of invulnerability against the...
  17. Could Australia have been another South Africa?

    This IS NOT Chat. Do NOT keep attempting to politicize the thread. If you want to start a Chat thread discussing Australian immigration and/or race policies that is why we have Chat.
  18. How Effective Is the Atomic Bomb on a Germany Already Victorious in the East?

    Problem with this thesis is, well as noted by others, the B-36s did pretty much own fighters at high altitude. The bomber, which was ungainly as hell on the ground and at low altitude, not to mention being an absolute bitch to get into the air, went from ugly duckling to swan at high altitude...
  19. German WWII Battleship construction questions

    I can't get that link to work.
  20. German WWII Battleship construction questions

    That would be what we like to call an Iowa class.:D Cruiser speed, BB armament, exceptional defensive scheme but not a "balanced" design despite the fact that her scheme has been considered to the best even put to sea by commentators who actually understand the arcane science of warship...
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