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  1. The Pacific War begins in 1937

    What the hell, once more unto the breach... Jeannette Rankin did indeed vote against both declarations of war. She was also NOT IN CONGRESS in 1937. She served two terms in the House the first from 3/3/17 to 3/3/19 and the second beginning on 1/3/41 to 1/3/43. She was not in ANY elective...
  2. The Pacific War begins in 1937

    You do realize the British were operating a carrier in 1917 right? Or that, without the Washington Treaty there would be even less reason to keep a pre-drednought in service? Or that you simply can't just move everything back four years and expect everyone to be in the same place as IOTL...
  3. The Pacific War begins in 1937

    What strange, no, bizarre, universe is this happening in? USS Connecticut was scrapped in 1923 USS South Dakota was not ORDERED until 1938 Yamamoto didn't assume command of the Combined Fleet until August of 1938 Homma was in Europe with the Prince Chicibu in 1937 as his military aide...
  4. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    Everything after "The"?
  5. WI the Bismarck was sunk by battleships?

    Search for the user name Bard32. All will become clear.
  6. The Best Post-Pearl Harbor Allied Strategies

    Minutia is its own reward.:D
  7. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    Sweet Potato!:D And here I thought he was back as kenmac. Tinfoil hats for all!
  8. The Best Post-Pearl Harbor Allied Strategies

    I was thinking the same thing, but on a slightly bigger scale. Bigger as in the Marine detachments of the Battleships knocked out at Pearl. Granted these men were not part of the regular defense battalions, but they were still Marines, with skills in AAA and 5" fire (Marines traditionally...
  9. The Best Post-Pearl Harbor Allied Strategies

    That was why I wanted to send half of -231's Vindicators to Wake. They may have been second line, but against the IJN invasion force they might as well be B-1Bs. Neither American Carrier really has fighters that it can spare (even the dreaded Buffalos were better than nothing, not by much...
  10. WI No Washington Naval Treaty

    Uh... Not exactly. The Colorado, Maryland and West Virginia would beg to differ, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_class_battleship
  11. WI No Washington Naval Treaty

    F8F (:p) is spot on. The Japanese couldn't hope to build their proposed force. As was the effort to get to the 5:5:3 amost broke the Imperial Treasury. The RN has all the want to on Earth, but no where near the funds to make it happen (look at the mountain of debt owed to the U.S., just as a...
  12. The Best Post-Pearl Harbor Allied Strategies

    All you need to do is leave MacArthur in the P.I. With any luck at all he'll die in captivity.
  13. The Best Post-Pearl Harbor Allied Strategies

    This all assumes that the world is exactly like OTL until the first bomb falls on Pearl. Immediate steps: Pacific Lexington completes reinforcement of Midway but with only 9 aircraft from VMBS-231. Moves south/Southeast to air range of Wake. Should arrive on or about December 9. Launch...
  14. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    The Government is answerable. The general answer is : Leave us alone you shmuck. We'll let you know when we have an Olympics or World Cup you need to open.
  15. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    The thing about a "Pacific First" strategy is, well, its impossible. The U.S. needed ships to sweep the entire Pacific free of the IJN. Ships take time to build. Until the Fleet was ready to go, the best thing to do was engage the more dangerous opponent. If there had been a "let Europe wait"...
  16. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    I have to say that you brought the Canadian/UK connection in yourself with your map back in Post #1. You showed three Japanese target right along the Alaska/Canada frontier. There is also the high likelyhood that Hitler does the same as IOTL and jumps in to support his Japanese Axis partner...
  17. What if Japan had joined Barbarossa?

    And the IJA lost between 17,000 and 50,000. No serious research has gone into the Japanese losses, which accounts for the wide spread of losses reported. The Japanese only HAD small numbers of tanks that could be deployed, that is rather the point. The Kwantung Army threw everything it had...
  18. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    The Malaya/Singapore Campaign was indeed a very well executed bit of work. It was, however, still against colonial forces (and very poorly trained and equipped ones at that) and very much a surprise. The Japanese had no small degree of brilliance in infantry tactics and troops who were...
  19. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    Balikpapan is where the oil is. Just as an aside... As Bill noted, this is a fairly common WI, and much of it has been hashed out in earlier threads. The total Japanese force available for the entire December 1941 offensive was quite small, totally well under 5 divisions, with units doing...
  20. Tojo's Alaskan Alternative

    I'm more concerned with where they get the lift to move SIXTEEN divisions as once. That's 300,000 men and all their equipment and supplies. It will take thousands of marus to move them, vessels that no country on Earth possessed in 1941, especially Japan (most of the FOOD that Japan imported...
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