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  1. Soviet advisors die in Vietnam

    Soviet advisors DID die in Viet Nam. The number is unknown, but that some died isn't. There are reliable reports that the Son Tay raid accidental resulted in the deaths of at least two Soviet (or at least "white") interrogators who were assigned quarters at the HQ facility that was hit by...
  2. Operation Russian Storm

    What would be reason behind attacking Syria? Saddam went after Kuwait over oil, and a LOT of it. Syria had nothing of any value. The Soviets wasn't in any position to intervene, no basing to speak of in '91, probably the worst military posture Moscow had been in since the USSR was purging Rad...
  3. Wider Iranian Hostage Crisis

    What's interesting is that this one had been a member for better than two years. Usually they flip out a LOT faster than that. To the original idea - While it is an interesting take on the Crisis it doesn't take into consideration who we are talking about. This isn't the USSR of...
  4. Operation Downfall - The Invasion of Japan

    There is virtually no record of this in Japanese history, at least not since the founding og the Shogunate. This is in part due to the draconian laws that existed during the 250 years of the Shogunate period and in part from a simple difference in culture. The IJA had plans to use civilians in...
  5. The History of the Malaya Campaign

    Nice work. Managed to sink ol' Doug for me, thanks. ;):D The one big concern I would have is the use of Chemical Weapons. While they would be very effective, once, they also create a rather nasty precedent, one that would be bad for the allies. The Japanese had plenty of chemical weapons, they...
  6. Pacific War Redux

    I don't have any information on Chemical Weapons on Singapore one way or the other. None of my sources on British chemical deployments mention anything either way.
  7. UN takes action for American defiance

    Membership of the General Assembly is subject to the vote of the Assembly. The seating of the PRC is the one success that the "unaligned" can claim in the 60 years of the UN's existence. It was done over the objections of the U.S. Council votes are voted on by all Permanent members (or are...
  8. UN takes action for American defiance

    The U.S., as has been noted, is immune to action thanks to its status as a Permanent Member of the Security Council and the veto attached to that status. Nothing of any use can be enacted without Security Council approval. The UN is also incapable of taking decisive action, and has been for...
  9. No one likes a PO'ed america

    Not sure that beheading MacArthur alone would do it. Now you take out the American troops captured in the PI, on Wake & on Guam and do a nice showy series of executions, including something about "this is how we treat cowards" and you will have an even more PO'd American Population. I...
  10. Pacific War Redux

    The water situation isn't critical yet. It is, however, the ultimate limiting factor for the garrison. The IJA already ran into the wall in early February. They suspended offensive operations for a couple weeks until they were resupplied and reinforced. The Burma offensive is effectively on...
  11. Pacific War Redux

    They do & they have. The cistern is roughly in the center of the island and Alexander has been having whatever he can made into water containers. The water supply is still the Achilles Heel of the Fortress. A couple hundred thousand people consume a LOT of water per day, especially in the heat...
  12. Pacific War Redux

    Here is a brief update covering March 15, 1942. Comments encouraged.:) March 15, 1942 05:00 hrs local (Bataan) Japanese bombers make their first serious assault on U.S. defensive positions in nearly a week. Bombing from nearly 20,000 feet to reduce the impact from the defender’s AAA. While...
  13. No World War 1?

    A World War was inevitible. There was no MAD to prevent the major powers from going at each other. The major powers had all bought into the mobilization method for troop strength which was itself as destabilizing as "launch on warning" was in the Cold War but without the MAD option to keep it...
  14. What if the Russians had invaded Daily Mail Island in 1979?

    Yes, that whole NATO thing does get in the way doesn't it? The independent British nuclear deterrent is another minor issue.
  15. WI German Thrust Reaches Antwerp

    No. Hell no. You have GOT to be joking. Even if the Reich had succeeded beyond its fondest hopes in the Ardennes it makes no strategic difference. There was no power behind the initial assault, none. What you get is all that Heer infantry and armor, without a stitch of air cover, spread...
  16. Urgent Fury erupts

    VERY true on the first point. As to the 2nd... Do you really thing it would have taken two hours? Flight time from Florida in around 15 minutes.
  17. Change in Japanese Submarine Tactics

    It would have, to a point, have been a smarter use of IJN resources, but it would have required MUCH more than simply a change in sub tactics. The Cult of the Decisive Battle was the center of the Imperial Japanese Navy's belief system and had been for close to two generations. Anything that...
  18. Lets get a sea war!

    This actually showed, as reasonably as anything, the problems with "naval war" in the late 20th Century, and by extention, the 21st. Small unit clashes with high speed missile boats ARE the naval encounters of the modern era. Once you get past that stage, its all about air power.
  19. Lets get a sea war!

    The real problem is the scarcity of actual navies in the world. You have the USN, which IS the hyperpower on the water, to a degree that makes it unlikely to really get into a fight short of a WW III level encounter. It didn't even have a reasonable opponent in the old Soviet Fleet or the oft...
  20. WI Republic of Lakotah

    Not to mention not having the first clue of what a "nation" actually was.
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