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  1. How to Invade Australia for Dummies

    The fact that it is an archipelago comes to mind.
  2. "City on the Edge of Forever"

    The V2 was capable of carrying a late 2nd generation nuclear weapon. It had a 2,000 pound war load. The U.S. Mk 7 was 1,700 pound. It was also not in use until 1952. The V2 (aka the A4) also had a range of just at 200 miles (320KM). Don't rule the world with this sort of weapon. Even with...
  3. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the kind words. I haven't really planned to discuss Japan in much detail. I might put something into the afterword, or simply make a separate post on it aftet I finish the T/L & afterword if I can't make it flow properly
  4. The Decisive Battle of Pearl Harbor

    Sorry. I was sober at the time. I'll try to do better.:D
  5. Two Alternate Pearl Harbor WIs

    The Japanese lose either way. The Fleet comes out and Pearl defenses are alerted the U.S. loses several BB permanently (2 were lost IOTL, so figure four lost in this scenario). No major issue in the long term, although the U.S. now might not stop at 4 Iowas and finish off the class. The...
  6. The Decisive Battle of Pearl Harbor

    Cause of loss to the Kido Butai would be a combination of subs and air. Nagumo's force was only about 100 miles off Oahu, the U.S. could have surged four subs out of Pearl, plus there were at least four boats on patrol/transit within 12 hours of Nagumo's force. The problems with U.S...
  7. How to Invade Australia for Dummies

    How long would it take the U.S. to get forces to Australia? 18 Hours from first call to the RDF. 7 Hours for B-52s out of Guam (including time to load the birds). Anywhere from 0-36 hours to get a SSN in place to interdict sea traffic (depends on where the boat is at the time). Roughly 7 days...
  8. How to Invade Australia for Dummies

    Did you look at the amount of amphibious lift the Indonesians have available? I did a T/L on this a couple years ago that was set in 1979 (it is in the T/L forum) so I did quite a bit of research. Indonesia had seven modern LST at the time you are setting this T/L and 8 OLD WW II U.S...
  9. The Decisive Battle of Pearl Harbor

    He stays until the next day he loses at least one, maybe up to three decks. Both Coral Sea and Midway demonstrated that, save for the Shokaku class, IJN carriers were not robust designs by any stretch. He also loses most, if not all of his DD (unless he tows them with his capital ships, which...
  10. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Japan's Civilian ITTL population dropped by 14% from 1940-1947. IOTL the drop was less than 3%. Much of this loss was in the older elements of the population and in the younger, with a disproportionate impact on younger females (12 year old boys can be of use in the Army, girls not so much)...
  11. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I really prefer to not go into the post war at this point.
  12. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Messy is not a good thing. Without giving things away, I believe that most of those following this T/L will find the wrap-up makes considerable sense given all that has come before it. I will say the wrap up will hit "highlights" of the post-war world up to close TTL's 2010.
  13. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    There already is one. Lots of "Aryan" looking children were "saved" in the East.
  14. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The emperor was left in a position of ceremonial power (at the suggestion of the British, who saw him as a reasonable pawn to help control the populous) although there were plenty of folks who wanted him to swing by the neck. The actual power in Japan is the U.S. military governor. Japan is a...
  15. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    I've always spelled Adolph that way. Never realized until you mentioned it that it was wrong.:o As penence I give you: Adolf Kitler!
  16. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Himmler was actually a very good administrator. Perhaps even more evil that Hitler at this worst since he WASN'T mad as a hatter, simply willing to do whatever it took to achieve his goals. Himmler was, as far as I can tell, the sort of fellow who would kill his own mother for her gold...
  17. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Hitler gave up on the Lair after a some clever Allied photo interperters found a pattern in traffic that didn't look right. A heavy raid took out a supply train headed to the Lair that the Allies had hoped was carrying the Party leadership. After that Hitler decided that Berlin was a pretty...
  18. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    A few million? A few billion is closer to the mark. Pretty much ALL the major players are propping up their economies with some sort of sleight of hand. The U.S. is getting by with Price/Wage controls and deposit spending financed through War Bonds. The UK is flat broke and getting by on U.S...
  19. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Well, Himmler made Hitler look pretty sane.
  20. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Mainly because Himmler has rock solid control of the Waffen SS, SS, and Gestapo. He can pretty much make anyone outside of Hitler himself disappear with a snap of his fingers.
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