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  1. WI Airforces kept helicopters?

    The USAF operates hundreds of helos. Their readiness rates are pretty much identical to that of the USN, Marines and the massive fleet operated by the Army.
  2. Thomas Dewey Lives Longer

    Since he would have been pushing 100 in the mid 90's. I would venture that he wouldn't much have giving a damn.
  3. WI Yamashita Succeeded? Very Different World??

    Is this supposed to be a DBWI?
  4. Sealion!

    I have to say your comment about doing research made my day, totally hilarious. Since your's seems to be a bit light, here a few figures for you to chew on. Six cruisers set loose among a herd of barges (which are under tow BTW), would be a slaughter of horrific proportions. Every weapon on...
  5. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    Did you even bother to review the post I made on the IJN carrier construction? How are ships that is only constructed to the hanger deck in late November of 1944 ready for deployment in mid-1944? Have you ever bothered to look at the time it took Japanese yards to build ANY ship? The Japanese...
  6. Possibility Check: Ho Chi Minh in the American Camp

    This is remarkably easy. The U.S. simply has to decide that pissing off France is less of an issue than pissing off Uncle Ho. Not likely, but simple.
  7. Succesful Sealion

    Read some history where, in THIS reality, on THIS planet, in THIS universe, in THIS time line, everything ISN't possible. There is, based on current String theory, an infinite number of universes. Somewhere, in one of those, Sea Lion could happen. This isn't that Planet. I suggest you brush...
  8. Succesful Sealion

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek: :eek: NO! Not Again!!!!!! The Search feature is your friend. Use it. Welcome aboard.
  9. Uber-Axis Total Victory: Is it possible?

    This is one of the common misconceptions regarding Isolationism. American isolationists were robust in their isolation. They had no problem with building a military sufficient to prevent any incursion INTO the Americas. The American flavor of isolationism was more "let Europe burn itself into a...
  10. Uber-Axis Total Victory: Is it possible?

    Simple answer is no. Longer answer is not with a 1933 POD or not with the Axis as it existed. You need a POD that more or less eliminates the United States, a British America, a Dutch America, a French America, or a Spanish America. If North America is substantially controlled (say to the Ohio...
  11. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    Of course the South could be ignored. It wasn't IOTL because it could be tackled with the forces available at the time, because the Japanese advance was a threat to easy communication with Australia, and because it was the logical route back to the Philippines (can't EVER forget the Islands as...
  12. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    Prior to Midway the NORMAL fight contingent on American carrier was 18. The experiences in the early engagements during the Marshall raids had indicated a need for more fighters, so the ships at Coral Sea had extra fighters aboard, not fewer than normal. At Midway the carrier fighter groups were...
  13. WI: Allies invade Denmark?

    A HALF scale Midway?:eek: That means it can handle a MAXIMUM of 60 aircraft, probably fewer. The U.S. had less than 90 on Midway (although 18 were B-17s and 4 were twin engined B-26) and they were shoehorned into every open space. If it had a potential landing/take off strip of less than...
  14. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    They flew off the air wings.
  15. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    You are projecting a conservative mindset that the U.S. did not possess. The U.S. sent two decks within 600 miles of the Home Islands in April of 1942. For that matter it sent the Wasp to Malta twice, the second time being AFTER the Germans had demonstrated that they had very good intel...
  16. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    It isn't quite as easy as it would appear. The Japanese tried it with the Hiyo & Junyo but the result was a disappointment. Civilian shipping just isn't the same as real warship. Even the Independences which were built on cruiser hulls, were something of a compromise (the hit that killed USS...
  17. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    All three U.S. decks could have been in the Pacific by end of January. That would be bad news for Malta since Wasp managed to get two deck loads of fighters (47 Spitfire Mk V per trip) to the island, although the Luftwaffe managed to whittle them down with a couple nicely timed air raids...
  18. Carriers in port at Pearl Harbor

    They get sunk. Very unlikely that BOTH decks would be in port due to the effort going into reinforcing all the island bases with a few more fighters or scout bombers. Even if the two decks get caught, all it does is move the Yorktown into the Pacific sooner, along with the Hornet as soon as...
  19. Realism of Emberverse

    ALL the bases you listed here are CLOSED, and have been since before the book's POD. Moffett NAS has a small residual presence, as does Mclellan ( I live a few miles from Moffett and most of my family lives about the same distance from Mclellan). Loma Prieta didn't knock out the power to most...
  20. Realism of Emberverse

    7.4 MILLION? Try 0.74 Million. The largest city in the region is San Jose, with just over ONE million. Perhaps you meant the metro area? The Bay Area isn't desert, it is closer to Italy in climate, with the far northern portion coming close to temperate rain forest. Your point, however, is...
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