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  1. America Under the Nazi Yoke: Who Would Make a Better Puppet Leader?

    Wow. You REALLY don't get it do you? Ian kicked you a month ago for using virtually this EXACT SAME opening phrase. It did not improve with age. This is a literal strike two for this offense. I would advise you to never use the words "old" and "boy" separately in the same post here ever...
  2. America Under the Nazi Yoke: Who Would Make a Better Puppet Leader?

    No he didn't He did get an award, namely the Order of the German Eagle, but was no Iron Cross. As far as WW II projects: You mean like Willow Run? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run Yea, nothing big there, only built HALF OF ALL B-24 LIBERATORS produced. Ford Motor was only...
  3. WI: Union soldiers were equiped with rpeating rifles during the ACW?

    Absolutely. At Gettysburg there were numerous reports of officers lying flat on the ground in hopes of seeing the feet of enemy troops in order to engage them.
  4. WI: Union soldiers were equiped with rpeating rifles during the ACW?

    Repeating rifles, especially the early versions were not ready for Prime Time. Problems, beyond the obvious one of supply, included the unfortunate habit of the early copper/rolled brass foil cartridges to lose their base during the ejection process (a number of casualties at Little Big Horn...
  5. If no Islam, maximum realistically possible spread of Christianity?

    Wow, anti-religion much? Not only are you factually incorrect- The Roman Empire adopted Christianity in 312 CE, Rome itself was sacked and "fell" in 455 CE or 140+ years later, but by that time the Empire had shifted mostly to the East where it flourished until the mid 1400s CE a period of...
  6. The Successor to the A6M?

    The Japanese had several very solid designs, what they lacked was the ability to produce them in any quantity and with any degree of quality. The successor/replacement engines to the Sakae 12 engine that powered the A6M were terribly unreliable, due more to metallurgy limitations than to...
  7. The Billy Goat is Dead

    The Billy Goat may die, but the curse is forever. The Cubs winning the Series is as potent a sign of the End of Days as the arrival of the Pale Rider.
  8. Cold War, without WW2

    Without WW II there wouldn't have been a Cold War. Specifically, without the lessons imparted by the virtual destruction of Europe by high explosives, the quite literal obliteration of an entire generation of Soviet males, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki any level of tension even close to the worst...
  9. Plausibility Check: Sony enters videogame industry early with Betamax addon

    The world is full of small minded twits. Please don't add to their teeming legions.
  10. The Ultimate Irony: A Fascist Israel Challenge

    I would move this to Chat, but polls are banned in Chat, and since this will be a political bloodbath I will lock it instead
  11. Best Axis result post D-Day victory?

    Best mental picture of the week! :D
  12. Best Axis result post D-Day victory?

    To state at the opening: A full out repulse was virtually impossible. Had it been even a 15% possibility the landings would not have taken place. The worst outcome for Overlord as it was designed would have been a failure on one of the beaches (likely Omaha, which was always seen as the greatest...
  13. The Whale has Wings

    Bonus points? Really? I so do not think so.
  14. Could there have been a way to invade England?

    Folks, y'all best cool down here. Word to the wise.
  15. Could there have been a way to invade England?

    Dude, chill out. Take your own sig's advice.
  16. Question: Is it possible to build an aircraft carrier at the Esquimalt Graving Yard:

    Probably not. The Audacious & Midway class both needed 10 meters, add in the 3 meter for the keel blocks and you don't get over the sill, even at Average Spring High Tide. Essex class would work (7 meters).
  17. Question: Is it possible to build an aircraft carrier at the Esquimalt Graving Yard:

    Forrestal class? No. Not enough depth. It is important to keep in mind that the hull doesn't sit on the floor of the graving dock, it sits on bracing and supports (aka: keel blocks)that are massive enough to allow work crews and equipment to get UNDER the hull as it is constructed. 12 meters...
  18. US has no Pacific holdings by World War 2

    There is also the critical element of "security". The U.S. has, for as long as it had the ability to do so, made any water touching the borders an "American Lake". The fact that the Japanese didn't have a direct threat would matter very little. By 1840 the U.S. believed a minimum 800 miles from...
  19. Paul Verhoeven Adapts "The Forever War"

    The idea of this makes me want to throw up.
  20. Could there have been a way to invade England?

    Well, that's a bridge too far. You seem to think it's acceptable to insult a poster who holds a position that isn't popular by calling him what, on this Board, is one of the vilest of insults. It isn't. There is an overwhelming difference between being something of a Wehrmacht fanboy...
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