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  1. WI Israel deploys nuclear weapons in the Yom Kippur War

    In general I would agree, but the October War was not an "in general" situation. It was probably the third closest the world came to a Honest to God nuclear exchange between the U.S. and USSR after the Cuban Crisis and the "Able Archer" moon rise close call. The Soviets were determined to...
  2. Question: Navy sizes in 1930s-40s

    Those number are dead accurate. Impressive, isn't it? BTW: One reason Canada was # 3 was because the IJN and Kriegsmarine were mainly resting at the bottom of the Seven Seas.
  3. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Denmark is possible, although it would be very difficult. The waters up there are REALLY tight, making the sub threat extreme. No. Italy has been used by the Allies as a diversion ever since the successful Anzio Raid.
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    No, please don't hold back. Please give us your unvanished views. Actually, I just wish you had given something constructive that could be of use in future works. Sorry you didn't find the T/L of interest.
  5. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Welcome! Glad you are finding the T/L enjoyable.
  6. Costliest plausible Allied victory WWII

    Increasing the Western Allies death toll is easy. 1. Keep up a full offensive in Italy 2. Invade the Balkans 3. Nazi use of chemical weapons would crank up loss rates considerably. 4. Invade Japan. This THE big ticket item. If things fell just wrong and the Japanese fought for every inch...
  7. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    There was a fight along the Iranian frontier just before the bombing holiday. The Waffen SS got a rather interesting lesson in the effect of massed airpower on extended supply lines. I mention it early on in the thread.
  8. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the kind words. Much drama is still to come.
  9. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Allies, ITTL, have adopted the strategy that the U.S. wanted to follow IOTL. Historically, the British managed to convince the U.S. to try to nibble away at the Germans starting in North Africa and then through Italy before making the main thrust into France. This made sense in 1942, the...
  10. Thirty Extra Feet: The History of the Pacific War, 1938-1944

    Well there is the Kaiser Yard in near Portland OR on the Columbia (along with two other facilities across the River in Vancouver WA) which went into operation in 1942 and Walsh-Kaiser in Rhode Island which went up around the same time. Both mainly built Liberty and Victory ships, but Walsh also...
  11. Thirty Extra Feet: The History of the Pacific War, 1938-1944

    It isn't, unfortunately, from a single source. I pieced it together from several different sites and reference books including the individual histories of the various yards. Took me a several hours to pull the tidbits out of all the different sources and some secondary data the first time I went...
  12. Rank Insignia and Uniforms Thread

    We get it. You're frustrated. Still no excuse to be abusive to someone asking a question. Do NOT repeat this behavior.
  13. Thirty Extra Feet: The History of the Pacific War, 1938-1944

    The U.S. didn't have the ability to build 11 BB and 7 CV at the same time. BB could be built at Brooklyn Naval Shipyard (4 large slipways), Fore River Shipyard (3 large slipways), Newport News Shipyard (3 large slipways), Norfolk Naval Shipyard (4 large slipways), and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard...
  14. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    This was discussed somewhere earlier in the thread, but so much has been it is worth touching on it again. The Turks are neutral and as doing everything they can to stay that way. There is no real upside if they throw in with the Allies since that makes Turkey a very possible battleground (the...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The parts of the Far East where the U.S. military has set up shop are THE richest parts of the Soviet Union, richer than anywhere IOTL USSR in the 1950's. American dollars are pouring into the region, along with the items common where ever large numbers of Americans (or Western Europeans for...
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Yep. Word just wandered off somehow. THanks for the notice.
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Molotov is hated almost as much as Hitler in parts of Russia. It isn't really his fault, but he is considered to be the traitor who lost the war for the USSR. His governemnt has shipped almost a million Soviet citizens a year to the Reich every year since 1943 as part of the peace deal, granted...
  18. WI: The Sexual Revolution Nipped In The Bud

    You need to take a closer look at HIV transmission in the U.S. and the West. You would not get the results you might think. It is probable that HIV would STILL be considered a disease of IV druggies and Gays (although the term would be somewhat less PC at the time). If anything it might result...
  19. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The next update. Hopefully those who have been wondering about the USSR will find it interesting. Comments always accepted. 30 The failure of Russia to take advantage of the Reich’s difficulties has long been a point of often violent debate in the country and remains so to this day. In the...
  20. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    A quick thank you to everyone who voted for this T/L in part one of the Turtledove's.:):):) As a bit of electioneering - Phase two is now underway.;)
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