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  1. Super fortress and Atomic bomb against Germany

    They expected to have up to 15 available (in total) by the 1st of October. The plan was to use 3 against Japanese cities, and if that didn't cause the country to surrender, to use the next dozen or so as tactical weapons in preparation for the invasion of Kyushu.
  2. Super fortress and Atomic bomb against Germany

    Around 33K. The B-29 was vulnerable. The key was that, by late in the war, single aircraft were almost never molested by either the Japanese or Luftwaffe. There was also no way to properly escort an aircraft carrying a package due to the rather spectacular maneuvers required after release.
  3. Super fortress and Atomic bomb against Germany

    It could carry the weapon, it just couldn't survive the mission. The profile for dropping the weapon and escaping the blast was quite tight. Even the regular B-29, which was the best performing heavy of the war, couldn't pull it off.
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Allies didn't know, not for sure, that the Reich had given up on the Bomb. They did have a very strong belief that they had, or that they had failed in their efforts, since there ongoing monitoring of air samples didn't show anything, and since their own Intel networks hadn't turned anything...
  5. Bockscar shot down over kokura?

    Not to mention the fact that there was a weather aircraft that was an hour ahead of the bomb aircraft. If you scramble for the singleton you will go after the weather bird and alert the main package. There were P-51s on Okinawa that could be surged to Kyushu.
  6. Pacific War Redux

    Moi? Nasty toward Dougie? Perish the Gen- er... thought. Ya, what's what I meant, perish the thought.
  7. Why must France alway die in Rhoman Survival TLs?

    And that's a Yellow Card. Stop this crap!
  8. Pacific War Redux

    Here is the somewhat delayed update! Comments always encouraged. April 3, 1942 (Washington DC) - “Well that damned fool MacArthur has done it this time.” Quote from personal journal of General George C. Marshall, U.S. Chief of Staff. 06:00 hrs local (Thailand) – Four recently arrived...
  9. AHC: Heavy Nazi Involvement in the Pacific War

    Based where? The IO is more possible, but only if they somehow get a consistent base for fuel, supplies, and repairs. At least in the deep Pacific the KM could have shared bases held by the IJN. In the IO they are REALLY on their own. Of course with the weather in the region, a North Atlantic...
  10. Could German WWII Logistics have been improved?

    That is pretty much my position. Does it really matter that the RN kept several capital ships at Scapa Flow instead of moving them into the Med or IO in 1942-43? For that matter did it matter that the USN kept the Arkansas, New York, Texas (and later added the repaired Nevada) in the Atlantic as...
  11. AHC: Heavy Nazi Involvement in the Pacific War

    The KM ships were going to have one hell of a lot of trouble in the Pacific (rather like the RN once it moved north in late 1944-45). They were designed (like the RN ships) for the relatively close confines of the North Atlantic and had even less warm weather habitability built into them than...
  12. Which military plan has ever worked 100%?

    The Crossing was pure tactical genius. Leaving the established SAM umbrella to try and save the Syrians... not so much.
  13. WI Aaron Barr didn't brag

    Uh... 4chan is right down the road. You may have missed the exit since those clowns are always hiding it (they are the Bolinas CA of the 'Net). Go ahead and retrace your path. You now have a spare 168 hours to seek it out. Kicked for a week
  14. Which military plan has ever worked 100%?

    Well, there is Angincourt. Desert Storm was also pretty one sided.
  15. Which military plan has ever worked 100%?

    Well, the Plan wasn't to catch the carriers. If it had been the Japanese would not have attacked since they knew EXACTLY what ships were in port thanks to Intel provided by members of the Japanese Consulate staff in Honolulu. The Plan was to deal a crushing blow to the U.S. fleet, something it...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Korea is solid. Not quite OTL, but very solid. The Intervention ripped the country up pretty badly, but the A4 (which in this case mainly means the U.S.) has put a lot of effort into rebuilding the country as part of a very clear effort to isolate China and strengthen the...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Taiwan is part of China ATL. China is not a top tier state (the top being the A4, India, Brazil, Argentina & Finland with restored Tsarist Russia, South Africa, and Mexico forming the rest of what IOTL would be the G8) mainly due to its fairly lousy international relations.
  18. Which military plan has ever worked 100%?

    Operationally? Fall Gelb was mentioned already (unless you want to find fault in it working better than planned). The English defensive plan at Agincourt. Crecy was a pretty solid defensive Op plan too. Pearl Harbor comes to mind, as does the invasion of Malaya. Operation Dragoon was as close...
  19. President Jesse Ventura

    Why would necro a thread that is pushing eight years old, was originated by a Banned member, and had only two replies? Why would you do it to post this ASBish bit? DO NOT violate the dead unless you have something of substance to add. Even then, with anything more than a year old,m you should...
  20. Disaster at Midway

    Quite true. One interesting point: As demonstrated by Lundstrom in his exceptional The First Team, the F4F actually had a positive kill ratio against the vaunted A6M in the early months of the war before being supplanted by the F6F. This was more due to the far superior construction and...
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