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  1. WI Jesus of Nazareth never born?

    EIGHT years? Really? This is, no question, the oldest thread ever resurrected (sort of ironic, considering). This sort of thing is seriously looked down on here. The exception is if you actually have something significant to add, even then it is far better to start a new thread. Please keep...
  2. All burning on the western front?

    Actually I was trying to head off the idea of using airships in a tactical role. Napalm is and exceptionally effective weapon, in the right conditions. If your opponent is bunkered up, in tunnels, spider holes or hiding along a tree line, napalm is hell on wheels. It burns up the oxygen in a...
  3. Extra Carriers at the Battle of Midway

    The U.S. did know of the danger of leaking fuel. The Lexington was an accident plain & simple, one that involved the main AvGas storage tanks, not the feeder system (Yorktown and the Lex had their lines full of CO2 at Coral Sea). The Japanese didn't use the same system. One of the main...
  4. All burning on the western front?

    Huge artillery barrages were very much a rarity in the first months of the war. Even after they started it took quite some time to come up with a number of heavy guns. Until then most guns were in the 75mm -105mm range (3"-4"). Again, the issue remains volume. How much space is there actually...
  5. All burning on the western front?

    Well, it didn't, not until the mid-point of WW II. Even if it was invented earlier, how are you going to deploy it? Aircraft in 1914 MIGHT be able to carry a single 10 gallon container (most aircraft of the era, fully loaded, weighed less than a WW 2 napalm canister). You could use an airship...
  6. Disaster at Midway

    Midway is only about three-four days sailing time for a sub from Pearl (depends how much time it has to spend submerged). Boats could get on station, collect anything coming or going, and make it home before the milk spoils. Midway was a death trap for the Japanese no matter what happened.
  7. Disaster at Midway

    The Alaska class would not have been a good candidate based on hull form and interior volume (rather like the Iowas). The best form of the BB classes was the Montana class hull. The Midway class carriers used a modified version of that basic hull, but the modification were pretty significant...
  8. Disaster at Midway

    No, the Iowas wouldn't be cancelled/scrapped. The most you might get is a couple more light cruiser hulls diverted to the Independence CVL (and, please God, no Alaskas). The U.S. construction was already so full of carriers that there was not any real need for them. What you might get as a stop...
  9. WI Nazism just xenophobic, not actively racist?

    All of which are hateful aspects
  10. UK-French Special Relationship after 1956?

    I SO don't think so. NEVER do this again. CalBear in Mod Mode
  11. WI Nazism just xenophobic, not actively racist?

    As has been often stated here you CAN'T take out the hateful aspects of the Nazi's and Hitler's insane vision of the world and have them be Nazis. The Party wasn't an a la carte menu. It was a cake. If you take out the flour or the eggs it is something completely different.
  12. Disaster at Midway

    Actually, it is likely that the war isn't extended at all. The short term impact might be significant, mainly revolving around the question of Guadalcanal and if it still takes place if the U.S. has suffered a defeat at Midway. The reality however, is that without Guadalcanal it is likely the...
  13. Disaster at Midway

    Pretty much dead on, although I believe the Japanese landing force was actually outnumbered by the defenders. While there were 1,200 infantry troops on the island, most of the total personnel on the island (between 3,000 and 4, 500, depending on which source you accept) were marines. ALL marines...
  14. Religious: Shi'Ism in India and eastward

    Welcome to the Board. Since you are new, you may not know that bigotry, such as stating a group is "the most treacherous of people" is a violation of Board policy. As this is the case I will simply inform you that we have a very high standard of behavior here. Consider this to be your one and...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Actually it was the A4 that hit them with three objects The U.S. just was the delivery service. A subtle difference, but a critical one. Better than 3 nukes.
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Western Siberia is doing GREAT, Russia is doing well, the rump USSR not so much. The USSR lost the "best" parts of the country where most of the industrial potential and natural resources are found. Europe, outside of France, is early/mid-80's economically. Poland is like nothing IOTL. It is...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    It would be fair to say that the A4 will probably never (well, at least for a century or two) allow Germany to reform. In the collective view, twice was two times too many. Not the least bit fair, as OTL's Germany amply illustrates, but this ATL is a very different place.
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the compliments. It is looking like the T/L will be the runner up in the Superlitives (2nd year running, them's the breaks) but thanks for the support.
  19. WI: Star Trek TNG Not Canceled?

    TV shows have a lifespan. Seven years is a REALLY good run. After that you have a tendency to have so much backstory that you get hidebound. You can alter that, to a degree, by on-going character replacement (ER & CSI are good U.S. examples), but it needs to be the right kind of show to make...
  20. Could German WWII Logistics have been improved?

    The Reich never ran short of ammo or fuel for ground transport (got to give them credit there, the bastards), at least until the end game. The real issue was transport, and the speed of the transport. The Heer used horse drawn wagons for most of their logistcal moverment and did so throughout...
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