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  1. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    The Army & Marines are about the same size as IOTL with 120 divisions and is fully integrated. Only 43 of these are full time active with the rest reservist who are kept very current on their training and skills with one week of training per month. The force can fill out in very short order...
  2. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks again for the input. If one reviews losses among bomber forces (Bomber Command and American 8th AF in particular) the loss rate of 10% is remarkably common. The losses sufferd by bomber crew on all sides in WW II were appalling, and the addition of the proximity fuse was not even a...
  3. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    Thanks for the feedback. I actually put quite a bit of thought into the losses in the London Raid. The German losses amount to about 20% of the attacking force and 5% of the defending force. If anything I low-balled the German losses based on the weapon systems that would have been available...
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    You never know. :D
  5. WI: 1979 US Eagle Claw worked

    The original planning assumed at least three hostage would be killed by Blue on Blue fire. The expectation was that several of the Agency employees and/or a number of the military hostages would go for weapons in an attempt to help and would in turn get smoked by the entry team who was under...
  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    As promised here is the first installment of the actual combat portion of the TL. More will be posted in the coming days. Comments are, as always, actively sought. Enjoy. 1. The trigger for the move from Warm War to Hot was the infamous 1954 St. Patrick’s Day Raids. It is very unfortunate...
  7. WI: 1979 US Eagle Claw worked

    Truthfully, as much as I would have loved to see it succeed, it was about as likely as Sealion to actually work. The training, equipment, and deep planning for the E&E wasn't there. There wasn't proper coordination between the advance team and the rescue element wasn't there, some of the...
  8. The Anglo/American - Nazi War

    This T/L was really meant to trace a potential political result of Nazi Victory and how it would impact Europe. However, there have been a number of requests to continue the TL into the actual war. I will therefore give it a shot in the coming days. That will be followed by the long awaited...
  9. Challenge; successful use of anti-tank rifles in WW2.

    As noted Ivan had lots of success plinking everything short of Tigers with AT rifles throughout the war.
  10. WI Top Gun Actually Happened

    Nothing much. The movie gets it about right. The papers make a big deal of it, especially since the U.S. lost a Tomcat, the "bad guys" BS about it, and the driver gets choice of assignment and probably a Silver Star (Navy Cross may be a stretch, but he did have the biggest day for a navy pilot...
  11. Passover War instead of Yom Kippur War

    Israel ALWAYS wins in 1973. The President of the U.S. was willing to go ALL THE WAY to ensure Israel survived. The Premier of the USSR was not willing to do the same for his Arab allies/clients. That means the IDF gets resupplied and the Arabs do not. Game over.
  12. Questions for the Eastern Front pros here

    Which, in the final analysis, might have been far better for the German people than what did happen (this of course really isn't much of a statement since it would difficult for it to be worse than IOTL)
  13. French Aircraft Carrier Bearn modernized?

    Well, there's a reason to not only prevent her modernization but to scuttle her in 1938 as well. :p
  14. French Aircraft Carrier Bearn modernized?

    One major difference is the Bearn was biult from a 1912 hull design meant for a 25,000 dreadnought with a top speed of 20 knots while Kaga was built from a 1918 design for a 26.7 knot 44,000 ton super-dread. BTW: Kaga and Akagi were no bed of roses. They had very poor elevator placement (among...
  15. WW2: WI no strategic bombing?

    The Hauge Convention was never violated by the bombing campaign of either side in the ETO or bythe USAAF in the PTO (the Japanese actions against Manilia are questionable) since every city or town in Europe and Japan WAS defended by AAA & fighters. I brought up Rotterdam as an example, not...
  16. WW2: WI no strategic bombing?

    Realistically this is impossible. The Germans had bombed London starting in 1915 and had continued until the end of the War. Great Britain had used heavy bombing in WW I had had planned to use the V/1500 to bomb Berlin in early 1919. The best you could hope for is a taboo on bombing of purely...
  17. Challenge: Pre-Dreadnoughts Galore!

    Since the rest of your post was deconstructed very nicely, I will simply comment on this bit. Battleships were decidedly NOT obsolete throughout WW II and for at least several years after it, depending on the role. They may have lost their place as the Queen of the fleet, but they were still...
  18. Plausibility of modern Surface Action Group?

    One of the unappreciated dangers in modern missile warfare at sea is fire. Fire has long been an enemy of all sailors, but in this modern age you do not simply get fire caused by shell explosions, you get unburned solid rocket fuel. The solid fuel burns extremely hot (3,000 - 6,000 degrees) hot...
  19. Plausibility of modern Surface Action Group?

    33 knots is far from easy. (BTW: Figure Kirov for an additional 3-4 knots. Published and actual are not the same thing. That assumes a clean bottom, something that current Russian ships usually lack. It is a crime what has happened to the handful of superb ships the Soviets managed to produce...
  20. Plausibility of modern Surface Action Group?

    The E-2C can manage battlespace over a radius of well over 300 miles (the exact distance is closely held, but the general number is simply a math problem). The Soviets used a AEW Helo in the role you describe. It was a major pain to deal with unless you had good BVM missiles. Back in the day...
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