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  1. USA joins WW2 later

    And the A6M.
  2. USA joins WW2 later

    Maybe most of Germany. Hard to see the Red Army taking over as occuppiers of France and the Low Countries
  3. Dornier 217 replaces He 111?

    There would be very little difference. There were less than 2,200 (~1,400 in 1943 and ~760 in 1944) He-111 built in 1943 & 44. Even if you make a one-for-one replacement the added capacity of the 217 isn't going to really change anything, the 217 simply wasn't that much better of an aircraft...
  4. TFs 11 & 14 combine for relief of Wake

    Here are the actual numbers for the U.S. carriers: Lexington: 16 F2A-3 Buffalo, 30 SBD Dauntless (16 -2 version, 14 -3), 12 TBD Devastator Saratoga: 16 F4F Wildcats, 16 F2A Buffaloes (VMF-221), 43 SBD-3 Dauntless, 12 TBD Devastators Source Japanese losses were: Soryu: 3 A6M, 2 D3A...
  5. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    Actually during WW I the Commonwealth had virtually identical industrial capacity to the U.S., with the UK having significantly more efficient shipyards (look at the construction timelines for RN capital ships vs. USN vessels). The British, French & German aircraft industry was also lightyears...
  6. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    That is a really odd one. I put the U.S. at a 70 in WW I, behind the British, French and Germans. The U.S. had almost unlimited potential, same as WW II, but it never really got it cranked up in the Great War. If the war had gone another 18 month it might have been different (of course, I also...
  7. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    I gave Iraq an extra point for that big pile of dead dinosaur goo underneath the desert.
  8. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    Since its Calbear?:confused: As for why the Finns rate higher, they did more with less, demonstrated considerable tactical flexibility, and, if a direct comparision matters fought to a dead stadstill the same Red Army that mopped the floor with the IJA during roughly the same time period.
  9. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    The Poles did perfom to their absolute maximum. Brave, tough, resourceful. If the rating was solely for guts, Poland would rate higher than the U.S. USSR or Germany. That, however isn't what the rating is for. The Poles also, as you note, had a dreadful strategic position and very little...
  10. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    This is about right. To be specific: Japan was NOT a major industrial power. The country had 3.5% of the global industrial warmaking potential at the start of the war. It did have a very nice, albeit poorly balanced fleet (the IJN was vastly deficient in destroyers and lift forces), but it...
  11. On a scale of 1 to 100, how much would you give to WWI and WWII belligerents?

    WWI: Entente Powers United Kingdom (inc. the Empire) - 80 Russian Empire - 50 France - 80 Belgium - 15 Serbia - 20 Kingdom of Italy - 25 Imperial Japan - 20 Greece - 15 Romania - 10 United States -70 Brazil - 10 Central Powers German Empire - 90 Austria-Hungary - 50 Ottoman Empire - 40...
  12. Allied kamikazees?

    The Doolittle Raiders had NO such "back-up" plan. The Raid was a risky one, no doubt, but it was designed to allow the entire strike package to make it to bases in China. A combination of events ensured that this did not come to pass (early detection of the Task Force, the aircraft carrying the...
  13. Battleship WI

    Submerged tubes were the hot ticket for capital ships. Somebody was at least smart enough to know that fully fueled and armed torpedo + 12" shell =/= a good thing. The RN had submerged tubes on every class through the proposed N3s. The last USN class with torpedo tubes (submerged) was the...
  14. Battleship WI

    Are we talking about WW II? If so the ONLY effective weapons against submarines from a surface ship were depth charges (which mean you have to actually pass directly over the sub) or later in the war the "Hedgehog" ASW Mortar, which had an effective range of around 100 yards and required that...
  15. Battleship WI

    In that case, save the space and weight needed for weapons that are only useful if you ARE hunting them and use it for actually useful weapons, fuel, or even plain old reserve buoyancy.
  16. Battleship WI

    It isn't just speed, it is maneuverability as well when you are talking sub hunting. The Iowas were fast as a thief, but nobody ever mistook them for a sports car. There is also the matter of cost. U.S. Destroyers in WW II priced out in the $6-9 million dollar range, depending on class. Iowa...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    They are either well en route to independence, under Allied "protection" or independent already. Viet Nam is fully independent. Cambodia is headed there, as is Laos. Algeria and French Morocco are independent in everything but name. French Polynesia is effectively an American protectorate...
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I have touched on the governments in exile a couple of times, but it has been a while so... France's is pretty much persona non Grata thanks to De Gaulle. When the Japanese were defeated he wanted the Allies to turn Indochina back over to him as a colony. He, in fact, DEMANDED it. That was a...
  19. Japan Avoids War With the US

    The thing that makes this just about impossible is that the Japanese, like any other country planning to fight a war, HAD to honor the obvious threats. The United States represented an utterly lethal threat to Japanese plans for the Southern Resource Area and for Japan's plans to retain control...
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