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  1. Japan Invades Australia: How Screwed Is Japan?

    You are going to do so well here. :D
  2. Japan wins at Midway?

    Just a quick remainder regarding the Japanese hopes of actually capturing the Island if they did win the naval battle. Midway was the American version of Tarawa. Like most things the U.S. did in comparison the the IJN/IJA it was, however, supersized. The U.S. had 3,500 Marines, in reinforced...
  3. Japan wins at Midway?

    If you think USAAC is an uncommon acronym, you are going to love this Board. Typical post about WW II often read as a variation of this: What would have happened if the KM had managed to capture the forces of the MN and join them with the RM in the NA before the USN was available to assist...
  4. Japan wins at Midway?

    Interesting perspective. Unfortunately OTL demonstrates rather conclusively that the IJN was an utter failure at ASW. The U.S. had submarines operating in the INLAND SEA. The entrance into the Inland sea is only about 8 miles wide, and at no point is it more than 300 feet deep. The IJN...
  5. Worst case scenarios for Germany after World War 1

    You don't quite get it. WW I led directly to WW II. The USSR came to be due to WW I. Hitler was changed from someone who wanted to paint watercolors to the incarnation of evil due to WW I. The whole stabbed in the back myth that let the Nazis come to power was a direct result of WW I. The...
  6. Worst case scenarios for Germany after World War 1

    Worse than Hitler and Third Reich? Worse than: Having a minimum 340,000 non Jewish Germans killed by the Nazis BEFORE the war? Being bombed into the ground by the WAllies and losing 500 years of cultural monuments? Suffering at least 3,500,000 combat/PoW KIA? Suffering at...
  7. United Indian Republic

    That sums it up nicely. Locked.
  8. Japan bypass the US

    The Two Ocean Navy Act, while clearly something that would radically alter the balance of forces in the Pacific, was actually approved in the near panic that gripped Washington after the Reich flitted France in under two months. Nothing like the largest navy the world had ever seen to keep...
  9. Eyes Turned Skywards

    If you want more traffic to your thread, make it a compelling read. Don't spam other threads about it.
  10. Western Allies Usage of Soviet Equipment

    There is some evidence that Red Army crews LOVED the limited number of Shermans they received (around 3,300). It was, according to anecdotal evidence, which is always a bit dodgy, a much more "user friendly" vehicle, far more comfortable and somewhat more reliable than Soviet vehicles. The...
  11. Western Allies Usage of Soviet Equipment

    The points you made may/may not be myths. They are NOT racially motivated. We take accusations of racism very seriously here. Racists are banned on sight. You needs serious proof before you accuse someone of a deadly sin hereabouts. Take some time, call it a week, and consider that.
  12. Japan bypass the US

    And here you have a very nice summary of the issue. It is another way of saying that if an enemy can potentially pose a threat you have to honor that threat.
  13. Japan bypass the US

    They could. Of course even if the U.S. attacked from Clark Field and or Subic, assuming the Japanese hadn't attacked the U.S., the Americans can still be painted as the aggressor. Going through the Mandates also greatly increases travel times. Even if you use some of the really questionable...
  14. Japan wins at Midway?

    It is pretty cool. I am getting ready to restart it. Since the original is a bit old I might start a new thread.
  15. What if Jiro Horikoshi had got his way?

    The A6M's problems had little to do with speed. They were related to the unfortunate lessons the Japanese aircraft design community thought they had learned in China, namely that maneuverability and range were what mattered and that a light air frame was the key to success. Extra HP would...
  16. Japan bypass the US

    All correct, from the perspective of 2014. In 1941 the view was radically different. Wake was a danger to the Mandates. Guam was only about 100 miles FROM Saipan, the jewel of the Mandates, Clark and Subic were perfectly placed to interdict the Japanese movement to/from Japan and the Southern...
  17. Japan bypass the US

    The move into French Indochina was what got the Oil and Steel embargoes dropped on the Japanese. The U.S. considered the colonial administration to be "Free French". The U.S. was also in communication with the Dutch government in exile and considered the DEI to be under its control. Any Japanese...
  18. Japan wins at Midway?

    Lots 'o submarines.
  19. What if USS Yorktown wasn't sunk by i 168

    For the standpoint of the overall war effort and result the differences would be minimal. Biggest change is that the USN likely wouldn't need the loan of HMS Victorious.
  20. Japan bypass the US

    My reply from last week's thread on this subject: This is a oft discussed subject here. A search of topics will get you a wealth of discussions; however, to briefly address the issue... The Japanese had no choice strategically but to calculate that the U.S. would react with hostility to the...
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