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  1. Movie WI: First Blood ends with Rambo's death

    Well, at least we are saved from Rambo III where he goes and buddies up with the Taliban:eek::eek::eek::eek: (amazing what a difference a few years makes in the perspective of that movie).
  2. Alternate Battle of Samar

    Actually more likely better gun radar and better shells. The American BB are all actual modern fast battleships, with the 16"/45 rifle that could fire the 2,700 pound super heavy AP shell, while the IJN has the Yamato, Nagano a WW I vintage BB with poor armor protection, and two dressed up...
  3. My timeline project (WW2 1940-1975)

    Welcome to the Board as a poster! Clearly a lot of work went into this effort. I applaud you for your work. It is unfortunate that it is stunningly implausible. Just a few specifics: For Japan to NOT attack the U.S. forces in the Philippines, at Wake and Guam, would be a repudiation of the...
  4. Different kind of aircraft wank: Airplanes that should have not entered service

    The point is that the aircraft was needlessly antiquated and increased losses as a result. That the Soviet system was FUBAR is established beyond all reasonable doubt. As the thread title states the question is: Airplanes that should have not entered service? One of the many answers is the...
  5. What could make America Become an Axis power?

    Did you even READ what was written by everyone? Which it appears is based on a poorly researched and sensationally presented History Channel program that was beyond ludicrous Gee, ya think? BTW: As someone who is spelling challenged himself, I would recommend use of the spell checker...
  6. The Desert Fox

    One thing that has not been mentioned is that Rommel, as the officer responsible for oversight of the construction of the Atlantic Wall, WAS, by definition, guilty of War Crimes. The fortifications, tank traps, beach obstacles and other features that comprised the Reich defenses were...
  7. Aquatic King of the Jungle - WW1

    The RN in a walk. The UK has five times the number of yards able to build BB size hull, way more skilled craftsmen, and without the crushing cost of the 1914-18 war, WAY more money. Every German BB launched would be another sign that the Kaiser was still hot for war. Throw in the U.S...
  8. WWI what-if: Unrestricted submarine warfare in 1914 and...

    The change to submarines would not be the only "Leap of Faith" required in 1910. Prior to the outbreak of WW I, there were actual, Honest to God, RULES regarding the taking and/or sinking of merchant shipping. The REALLY strange part is that, well, everyone followed them and had for several...
  9. The Desert Fox

    You just remind me of someone. Carry on.
  10. The Desert Fox

    Were you, perhaps, a member here before? Screen name that Started with a "B"?
  11. What could make America Become an Axis power?

    In order: Without France, the Low Countries, and yes, his chunk of Poland, Hitler lacks the supplies, industrial base and manpower to create his juggernaut. He needs the mineral production, agriculture production, factory space and skilled & semi-skilled workers that are only available by...
  12. What could make America Become an Axis power?

    Alien Space Bats. No other way without a POD that goes so far back that the entire Planet is different beyond all recognition.
  13. WW2 Two pronged attack on USSR

    At some point Hitler was going to have to act against USN defended convoys. Once the Pacific War started I can easily see the U.S. escorting American and neutral flag shipping all the way to the UK (our ally now, at least against the untrustworthy "Japs") or even to Murmansk (the Soviet Far East...
  14. WW2 Two pronged attack on USSR

    The Tripartite Pact didn't work that way. It was more of a regonition of spheres of influence than a classic partnership. It did have a Mutual DEFENSE agreement, but that was all. Germany could have stayed out of the U.S./Japanese War just as Germany and France (both NATO members) stayed out of...
  15. WW2 Two pronged attack on USSR

    You are fairly new here, so, let's actually look at the question from a slightlu different angle. What, one must ask, would the Empire gain by attacking the USSR? Oil? No Rubber? No A defendable perimeter for the Madates, Formosa, and the Home Islands? No A free hand in China? No The...
  16. AH Challenge: New Battleships

    That was part of the "Arsenal Ship" concept, although without the heavy armor. The same can be said for the Soviet Kirov battlecruiser class.. Armor was always a huge expense, and is always, in the end, a losing proposition. In the eternal battle between armor and warhead, warhead ALWAYS wins...
  17. Different kind of aircraft wank: Airplanes that should have not entered service

    All valid arguments. Stalin was a madman. His actions made the Soviet design bureaus do stupid things. It doesn't lessen" 1. The I-153 was at least a decade out of date 2. Sticking with the design until late 1941 was close to being an act of treason. 3. LOTS of good pilots died with no...
  18. Naval battles that never happened

    And only the U.S. vessel ever saw the water. Unfinished ships are not a reasonable comparison, although it is interesting to note that the 1943 redesigned 16"/45 that was proposed for HMS Lion was still not as capable as the U.S. 16"/45 Mark 8 against either belt or deck armor, and the KM H...
  19. The end WW2 leads to WW 2.5

    Among MANY other threads. Ther numbers are legion, however, as compensation, they do create the most lovely arguments.:D
  20. upgraded weapons thread

    Sparrow would be sort of a waste since it's a beam rider, and there's no practical way to add a nose radar to a Jug.
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