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  1. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    Pretty much. Thanks to the code breakers, Midway was an American version of Tarawa, tons of troops (at least 3,000 combat troops plus USMC ground crews), heavily armed even in proportion to the number of men, and protected by a serious coral reef. The U.S. used 35,000 men to take Tarawa and the...
  2. President Walter Mondale

    EIGHT YEARS? For that? EIGHT YEARS? You have GOT to be kidding me. NEVER do this again.
  3. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    [/FONT][/COLOR] Firstly, if Yamamoto’s original plan had worked (ie. no code breaking, etc.) there would have been, at most, two decks at Midway, Enterprise and Hornet. Yorktown would not have received the ultra rapid repairs of OTL, leaving her out of the battle and very, very safe in Pearl...
  4. Map Thread IX

    Hmmm... Been here for under a week. Multilpe Nationistic trolling posts. Checks Eight ways to Crash Land Okay. Well, thanks for stopping by. We Divorce you. To Coventry with you.
  5. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    This would make a lot less difference than might be imagined. When the American carrier aircraft arrived the Japanese only had NINE aircraft aloft as CAP (see Shattered Sword). While the American fighter escort was fairly small, it was enough to distract most, if not all, of this rather meager...
  6. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    When I talked about fragility it is in reference to the combat survivability of a design. It wasn't until late 1944-early 45 that the Japanese brought "modern" aircraft (in the sense of being built with crew survival in mind) into service with a few aircraft, notably the H8K, being exceptions...
  7. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    The B6N was a significant death trap, something that has to be considered when calculating the worth of any aircraft (otherwise the F-104 was the best fighter of the 1960s and early 70s). A strong wind would kill the B6N, unlike the Avenger, a plane that, like all Grumman designs of the era, was...
  8. When do you consider WW2 to have started?

    I actually wouldn't argue to strenuously against that. The 20th Century was pretty much the 2nd 100 Years War, realistically not ending until the USSR came apart at the seams.
  9. Plausability Check: Japanese Bombing of America

    No, they couldn't. The range issue is the same regardless of whether the IJN won at Midway or not. This is still the force that had to deck load fuel drums in order to reach strike range of Hawaii. The loss of the U.S. carriers would also have made any strike against the West Coast (assuming it...
  10. A new B-52

    An unmodified airliner would be unsuitable (especially the -8 since the main access is via the nose of the aircraft). That does not mean that a modified version wouldn't be ideal for the "bomb truck" role. You not really talking about a proper combat aircraft, you are talking about a cargo...
  11. The Battle of Midway goes according to plan for the IJN

    They were all good aircraft in design. They were also only made in very limited numbers and were of very low reliability. in a number of cases they didn't even make it to the carrier force. The B6N was no where near as capable (or survivable) as the TBF. The B7N was not deck capable on...
  12. What if the Western Allies increased their defense budgets by 50% above OTL 1933-1939

    Actually, I think the reference was to the French Char D2 and the Somua 35, both of which were considerably superior to the Pz II and 1939 version of the Pz III (which was in relatively short supply). Actually a large percentage of the Heer's armor used both in Poland and in France were Czech...
  13. A new B-52

    The B-52 in service are older then the men who are flying and maintaining them. They do not require the maintenance of a B-2 to maintain stealth, but they are OLD and have all the issues related to that, plus the issue of scrounging up parts. However, if you really want a follow on system to...
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