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  1. Japanese Radar in WWII

    I used a single battle at Midway to illustrate matters. Bill went into more detail on your specific questions but the answer doesn't vary. Radar was a useful addition, but it wasn't a wonder weapon (I would note that during several of the early action in the Solomons, American force commanders...
  2. Japanese Radar in WWII

    Absolute worst case: The U.S. doesn't get the Philippines back before the end of the war. By the 10th of August 1945 Japan is being starved and burned to the ground, has eaten two nuclear weapons. Let's say that Japan wipes out the USN at Midway (something we have discussed in the forum in...
  3. American jets in '44

    It did. It was the P-80. Had the need been present the P-80 could have been in service considerably earlier than IOTL. The lack of any pressing need is best demonstrated by the RAF decision to keep the Meteor out of combat over the continent. To go to the core of the issue, not much changes...
  4. 1946: Build your own airforce

    Welcome! (I notice it is only your 2nd post) If you have Corsairs you really have no need for SBD. The Corsair had a 4,000 pound bombload vs. the SBD 2,250 and could carry it over a longer distance. If anything you would want the SB2C, which, despite its early rep was a very nice attack...
  5. Carriers at Pearl Harbour

    . Locations Of Warships Of The United States Navy December 7 1941 Aircraft Carriers (7 + 1 Escort Carrier)Hull #Vessel NameLocationFleetCV - 2LexingtonAt sea transporting aircraft to Midway Island. 460 Miles East of Midway.PacificCV - 3SaratogaAt San Diego California.PacificCV - 4RangerAt...
  6. Maybe no WWII?

    Really? Don't portals appear on your street every couple of days?:confused: Last on my block was last Tuesday. It went to the Planet of easily impressed Jessica (Alba, Biel, pre-Romo Simpson) clones. My life has been very relaxing since then.
  7. The History of the Malaya Campaign

    The everything going the Allies way being ASB is true, although I would venture the point that it is no more ASB than Japan's run in the opening months of the war. Sometimes real life can be very ASB. Just ask Saddam.
  8. The shotgun reprisals- WWI

    I fear that you have missed the point. I was not condemming the Germans use of any of the weapons I listed (if I had been going for that I would have pushed other, equally "improper" weapon use like unrestricted submarine warfare). Gas was used by all sides, with the opponents trading off...
  9. The shotgun reprisals- WWI

    The stupidity of this complaint is stunning, even for an army losing a war. So it is okay to: Kill using poisons that sear the lungs and cause victims to literally drown on dry land with their own body fluids providing the liquids. Blind people with poison gas designed to cause disabling...
  10. 1946: Build your own airforce

    Hey, you want standardization try this: Fighter/Fighter Bomber: F4U, F8F, P-47 Attack: A-26, F7F Medium Bomber: B-26 Patrol Bomber: PV-2 Torpedo: TBY, F7F Nightfighter: F6F, F7F, P-61 Cargo: C-46, C-82, C-123 Transport: DC-6/C-118 ASW: AF Guardian Helicopter: CH-37 (okay, it is a 1953...
  11. Challenge: Allied Wonder Weapons

    However, you forget the key advantage of the bat bomb. It is self replicating (assuming you don't send it off on its mission too early in life)! This is, of course, mitigated by the fact it didn't actually work. It still doesn't reduce the beauty of the thing.:D
  12. 1946: Build your own airforce

    Are we talking just aircraft that are being off loaded or anything in the bull ring? Assuming we are talking surplus only Fighters/Fighter Bombers: Meteor (these would be the original version that was being replaced in 1946) P-80A, P-51, F4U Attack/dive bomber: Il-2, TBF, SB2C, FR-1, F7F...
  13. The History of the Malaya Campaign

    Brewster never made a plane worth the paint expended on it! So THERE!
  14. The History of the Malaya Campaign

    The thing about his ilk is that they occassionally need to be refuted by actual facts. Once in a great while it actually helps.
  15. The History of the Malaya Campaign

    In 1944, especially if the Japanese were defeated, USN carrier wouldn't be precious as they had been IOTL's mid 1942-mid 1943 (when the U.S. stuffed them into hornet's nests on a regular basis). I actually read this last page of comments before I read the last entry and was ready to complain if...
  16. TSR2 & F111 TL; shorter Cold War?

    Cruise missiles were not the tipping point. If there WAS a single bit of tech that was the last straw (something that I believe would be a considerable over-simplification) it was stealth. Stealth technology did two things to the USSR, both extremely disquieting to the leadership. 1) It...
  17. A murder in the Vatican

    There is considerable, if circumstantial, evidence that John Paul I was poisoned. JP I was, even in his very short reign, starting to poke at things that were best left unpoked. He was very much in the reformer mode of John XXIII, perhaps even to a greater extent, and that bothers some folks...
  18. Operational Plan Three

    1485, The HRE would have had a shot against the Mohawk, at least in a raid.
  19. WI america was more prepared at pearl harbor?

    Sort by most views. Redux is near the top even though I am hugely tardy on updates.
  20. AH Challenge: US IrBMS by 1945

    Better than the V2? Probably, assuming the U.S. isn't getting fed bad BDA by a double agent like the Reich was. The V2 was very inaccurate, it was so bad that it would have been inaccurate with a NUCLEAR WEAPON. That was made worse when MI 6 (was it MI 6 back then??:confused:) used a double...
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