Interesting start.
Something of a counterpoint to my T/L.
May want to explain why Hitler didn't declare on the U.S. since Germany is in FAR better position than IOTL.
The men flying off the U.S. carriers in the first days of the Pacific War were probably the best pilots the U.S. deployed at any point in the war.
Many had over 1,000 hours of flight time and they were every bit the equal of the IJN pilots. The fact that the TBD was an obsolescent aircraft...
Wake is way more important than a place to bring about a major engagement. The U.S. hold Wake and the enire Japanese war plan collapses. Wake puts the Marshalls inside of U.S. bomber range from Day one. It cuts off the Gilberts, making Tarawa and Makin untenable, and puts the Marianas into the...
By getting there in the week or so between the repulsed first attack and second attack? Had the U.S. managed to get a full Marine Defense Battalion to the Island (or even brought the Batt. on the Island to full strength instead of the 50% that was available) the Japanese would have never taken...
Based upon folks who are far more knowledgable than I on the matter, chiefly Nathan Okun, you are about as wrong as it is possible to be when comparing the underwater protection schemes of the Bismarck to just about any other ship of the era.
The Bismarck had a very shallow belt, and it was...
The tanks were in organized units, as was the artillery units. The Far East Front was kept at "combat ready" status. Stalin trusted the Japanese not a bit (probably had something to do with the Japanese being the last Power to evacuate the USSR after the post WW I intervention). As a result the...
The difficulty here is that you are now piling POD on top of POD. If you pile up enough you do get a change, but the rest of the world alters at the same time. That is the problem with those butterflies, once you gather up enough they do not change only one part of the TL.
As an example, if...
What is the POD delaying construction of the the weapon types in July of 1945?
After the first Mk-III was built it became much less of a specialist job. By late 1945 it was, while far from assembly line, fairly straight forwar.
There would also be 4 Mk-I weapons available. They were almost...
Let me add my own welcome.
Now, to the guts of the thing.
Fuel: The IJA's internal estimates immediately prior to Pearl Harbor gave them 6 months of fuel reserves WITHOUT any engagements outside of those in China and planned for the Southern Resource Area. The IJN was better off, with a...
That wasn't me! It was Bearcat.
I would love to take credit because he is right, but fair is fair. :D
The A-10 is a very mission specific aircraft. It kills tanks. End of mission profile. Yes, it has done other missions, but they are all very CAS specific, and the aircraft is anything but...
I would dearly love to have seen the USS Texas fire a 16" W19 nuclear bombardment round.
Be a bit of a chore seeing how she was armed with 14" guns.:rolleyes:
How dare you recommend that the Bard do research.:eek:
He is fully informed by reading 20 year old magazine articles, the back of bubble gum cards (that, BTW, is not an overstatement, check his Bard32 posts), and the History Channel.