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  1. Japan strikes soon after Fall of France

    The difficulty is that you are operating from a 21st Century knowledge base and understanding of the U.S. The Japanese simply didn't understand the U.S. AT ALL (which is rather remarkable when one considers how well Japanese manufactures "get" the U.S. today). The few individuals in Japan who...
  2. Japan strikes soon after Fall of France

    In May of 1940 the Japanese were lacking the Shokaku & Zuikaku, the A6M and D3A had not entered Service, and the much improved version of the B5N was barely entering squadron service. All told the Kido Butai had around 40% of the combat power it possessed in December of 1941. The G4M was also...
  3. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    The all conquering Brewster Buffalo! (F4F didn't reach the fleet until December of '41)
  4. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Wouldn't really need carrier fighters in any case. Guam is just sitting there 100 miles away with a perfectly lovely runway.
  5. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Actually there has been one post that was over the line and the poster was warned. You seem to be laboring under the impression that anything other than positive feedback isn't allowed. That isn't the case. Posts need to remain polite and not used to attack a person. Ideas are fair game...
  6. Was it a Given That a Soviet/NATO Conflict in Europe Would go Nuclear?

    And you just hit the nail on the head. NATO spent the Cold War waiting for the USSR, driven by Communist zeal and desire to spread the revolution, to attack (which, except for one or two crisis points was never on the table). The Soviets spent the Cold War waiting for NATO, driven by...
  7. Asia after Japanese victory

    True. Part of that is, of course the Luft '46 fanboy effect. The Reich had so many more (useless) toys and gee-wiz goodies (as long as you overlook the whole Greatest Evil Ever Seen on Earth thing that is).
  8. Asia after Japanese victory

    The reason that you rarely see any sort of thread on this is that, well, it is utterly impossible. The Japanese were not capable, in the long run, of winning in China (it might have taken an addtional decade, but eventually they Chinese would have simply pled them out). They had NO chance of...
  9. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Why, with a minimum of two weeks warning of the hammer falling, would the British facilities and supplies (especially fuel) would still be intact? As has been noted multiple times, there is NO peaceful reason for the Jpanese fleet to be in the IO and the ONLY possible targets are the British IO...
  10. Mussolini does not invade France, but invades Malta and Tunisia instead.

    South Dakota suffered a massive electrical short during the Battle of Guadalcanal that took down just about anything that ran on electricity. Washington's radar operated quite nicely throughout the battle, as her IJN opponents could attest.
  11. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    The ships stay? That is utterly mad. Where do they get routine repair? hull scraping, etc.? Where do they get refined fuel (AvGas)? Where do they get munitions? Replacements? What happens if the U.S. decides that this is a great opportunity to grab the Mandates? (BTW: They can provide their...
  12. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Can someone point me to the post where this accusation was made? Just hit that little report button.
  13. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Unfortunately it, as was commonly the case with IJN designs, didn't start its career on deck in early 1937, when it was introduced but in the hands of land based pilots. The early version apparently had an issue with settling in on landing (it wanted to stay airborne) and the IJN had to get a...
  14. WI: Germany Develops Nukes in Early 1944

    Except we are not talking about 1937. The U.S. and Canada built significant additional capacity as Manhattan began. Germany was actually struggling to keep up to pre war levels thanks to the RAF.
  15. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Actually, they weren't the first. The USN had the TBD in service before the B5N and the SB2U was in service for two years before the IJN had its first monoplane dive bomber. Please do basic fact checking.
  16. WI: Germany Develops Nukes in Early 1944

    The Reich NEVER had the material. The British destroyed the heavy water long before the Reich had any use for it, but that is the EASY part. Before you can make a bomb, you need fissionable material. To get that you need either a continental land mass loaded with centrifuges to spin the...
  17. Was it a Given That a Soviet/NATO Conflict in Europe Would go Nuclear?

    Well, have to admit you got me there. :p
  18. Was it a Given That a Soviet/NATO Conflict in Europe Would go Nuclear?

    Initially? That is almost certainly how it would have started. Probably Soviet Frogfoot rockets if it was the Soviets (the NATO plan seems to have favored F-4, F-111 and Buccaneer air delivery, followed by theater missiles). If you mean would anyone be insane enough to go nuclear, I have to say...
  19. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    Stick to addressing the T/L. There is no need to get personal. CalBear in Mod Mode.
  20. Yamamoto attacks Britain but not the US

    I am not simply a Mod. I am also a member. I am allowed to participate. I have ignored nothing about this scenario. Every single question I have asked needs an answer. You haven't even answered the most basic. You seem to think that, because Japan is not at war no one is going to notice when...
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