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  1. WI: Germany concentrates on U-Boat production

    300 slips actually. Even later in the war the avergage build time for a boat was 46 weeks.
  2. WI: Germany concentrates on U-Boat production

    This. U-boats took anywhere from 52-100+ weeks to produce. Allied Destroyers took anywhere from 7 months (U.S. Fletchers) to 65 week (RN "letter" types). DDE took from5 months (U.S. Buckleys) to ~52 weeks (RN Hunt class) & the Flower class Corvette took around 26-32 weeks. All build times...
  3. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Actually an interesting question. Not sure what you do in that case.
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Answers I've got! 1. Yes and no. They understand the frank effects but some of the more subtle are not as well understood (which is actually a reasonable match for OTL's understanding). They do realize that they are REALLY wrecking patches of Germany. They also simply do not give a damn. 2...
  5. WI: End of European War in 1943, how will Pacific War follow

    This is quite true. Based on the POD Stalin hasn't yet agreed to join in against Japan (Happened in December of '43 IOTL.). The Kwangung Army was never going to be able to outfight ANY "European" army, but it would be far better equipped than IOTL late 1945 and the Red Army would be far less...
  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I thought about it, really did. But it would be a shame to have to move the whole thread over to ASB for one damned Rat! :p
  7. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    MacArthur's failure isn't that the Philippines fell. His failure was in the absolutely ham handed way he managed the defenses. Even if you have an exposed post you are supposed to do your level best. Sometimes the enemy will do something so idiotic that even the "written off" position can hold...
  8. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    I was hoping for two or three days. The FEAF was doomed. A couple days at least allows a couple of the early landings (Batan Island come to mind) to be hit.
  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Yep. No PRC 'round these parts.;)
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    He was a Nazi.:D The Swede's just wanted to be rid of the whole bunch. Since ALL diplomats are continuously doing things that violate the letter of the law (and always will) it is mainly a matter of just deciding to throw the rascals out.
  11. WI: End of European War in 1943, how will Pacific War follow

    The differences would be less dramatic than you might conjecture. The Pacific was a naval war. The fighting in Burma was difficult and bloody, but it wasn't strategically vital (provided the Allies managed to keep the IJA from overrunning a large chunk of India, which was fairly unlikely in any...
  12. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    The U.S. military didn't have the mindset to allow the entire civilian population of Manila to die in order to simply extract losses from the enemy. For that matter, it STILL doesn't (and thank God for that). That is actually one of the things that made the Western Allies different from the Axis.
  13. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    The short version is that Honolulu is 8500 kilometers from Manila (5300 miles) and 11,200 kilometers (~7,000 miles) from San Francisco while the Japanese bases on Formosa (current Taiwan) were 840 kilometers (500 miles) from Manila. The term of art is "exposed post". Pretty much every unbiased...
  14. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    Let me put one thing out at the start; the Philippines could NOT be held. The Islands will fall, pretty much whatever you do. The best you can hope for is what you can possibly get in Singapore, the diversion of Japanese assets and perhaps some morale mileage. That being stated best case...
  15. "Better Than MacArthur": Defending the Philippines

    Translated as: 3 Essex Long hulls each carrying two squadrons of F6F, a squadron of TBF, two squadrons of F4U (I thought that Midways & A-1 would be giulding the lily:D) 3 South Dakota BB 4 Iowa BB (hey, 33.5 knots is as fast as a BC!:p) 6 Oakland subclass CLAA 16 Sumner class DD 14 John C...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Well, I guess it is Saturday this week. :) Comments? 54 The Allied end run around the laboriously constructed Rommel Line placed the Waffen SS command into a trap of their own creation. The SS leadership had put everything available into the Rhine defenses in the vain hope of at least...
  17. How Inevitable was The End of Biplane (and Triplane) Era?

    They also do a rather nice job of killing anyone in an exposed position on the deck. Not as nice as a Browning .50, but they do the job.
  18. people's republic Iran

    Do you mean before or after the nuclear exchange? The U.S., with Carter as President or Reagan who would be in office a year later, could NOT have allowed the Soviets to control Iran, and by extension the global oil supply. This is one of the many scenarios that lead straight to Global...
  19. Ronald Reagan as Rick in Casablanca

    This idea makes me sad. (It also made me throw up in my mouth a little!)
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