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  1. Allies invade North Sea Coast of Germany on D-Day

    The U-boat threat in the BALTIC was still substantial. In the closed shallow waters ships have to go along a few known shipping lanes. there are several narrows that just scream for submarines to lay in wait, to set up minefields, and generally be a pain in the neck. The Allies killed Subs in...
  2. Could Japan do well in WW2

    The U.S. never gave any consideration to invading Truk. The entire Solomons Campaign was about getting islands to establish land based air. Guadacanal was well within range of Japanese land based air, including A6M fighters during the entire campaign. IJN losses in the Solomon Campaing were...
  3. Could Japan do well in WW2

    True in that those fighting the war did not have the advantage of hindsight. Otherwise... Added, but not to the degree it is sometimes claimed. If one eliminated the entire New Guinea campaign, even the Solomons, what does that really save the Japanese in the long run? Nothing. The forces in...
  4. Could Japan do well in WW2

    Circumstantial evidence of a WEAPONS TEST? Outside of th History Channel (who will air almost anything to fill its 168 hours a week) I have never heard any such claim made by someone who had any standing in research circles, be it physics or history. It is IMPOSSIBLE for the Japanese to have...
  5. Could Japan do well in WW2

    That is almost exactly the Japanese war plan. The goal had been to knock the U.S. Navy out of the war for a year, grab what they wanted, and make a deal, possibly even paying indemnities to the families of Americans who had been killed, wounded or lost property. There was also some discussion...
  6. Could Japan do well in WW2

    The primary Japanese weaknesses remain. They can not out produce the United States. They can noy out man the United States. They can not defend their convoys well enough to prevent strangulation of their nation, even if they strip the escorts from their major fleet units because of the first two...
  7. WI The Forces used in the Battle of the Bulge had been at Battle of Berlin

    Not hardly. The Reich wasn't going to go that easily. Berlin was going to be a bloodbath and Ike & FDR/Truman/Churchill had long since decided that Stalin could take the 100K casualties for the honor of giving 3/4 of the city back to the Western Allies.
  8. Alternate Pearl Harbor Attack?

    Nagumo was skittish, but he was also going to follow orders. Once the attack began he was going to do his best to cripple the fleet per his orders and even in the face of improved oppostion that was going to be possible, albeit at a much higher cost than IOTL (his orders did not extend to...
  9. Meerkat Cavalry

    Put men on the Moon by 900 AD too. Have our own Darth Meerkat by now.
  10. The professionals fight the ACW

    Lincoln was all the kept a succession of "Professionals" for losing a war that should have been a slam dunk. McClellan was the worst of the lot. He was the best General Jeff Davis had in the field.
  11. Could Japan do well in WW2

    That data if from the CombinedFleet.com site, I posted the link above.
  12. How Poorly Could Japan Do?

    That combo WOULD be sub-optimal.:D The Japanese were so lucky IOTL that having them do worse is easy. The fighters get scrambled at 07:30 at Pearl and are altitude when the Japanese arrive, The B-17s are allowed to hit Formosa from the Philippines, PoW & Repulse and their escort continue to...
  13. Alternate Pearl Harbor Attack?

    If they had managed to get 75 planes up to altitude the JNAF would never have recovered. The U.S. still wouldn't have outnumbered the attackers 2-1 (as the post I was replying to indicated) I think the fighter number was around 18 average for the two deployed carriers, with Lexington really...
  14. Could Japan do well in WW2

    Military Channel tends, like all the "History" sites to get stuff wrong. There was no matter of a "few minutes"; the Japanese aircraft were all below deck being rearmed. It would have taken, under ideal circumstances (like not being under more or less constant attack by penny packets of aircraft...
  15. Could Japan do well in WW2

    Mostly because the scenario would require divine intervention on the Japanese side. Do the math. Not enough steel, not enough oil, hell, not enough Japanese. So, by mid 1943, the massive navy that the U.S. had ALREADY ordered and begun construction of starts to take back everything the...
  16. Could Japan do well in WW2

    Zero probability event. I think that Jonathan Parshall posted the best analysis of the economic issue available online here: http://www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm A couple highlights The United States had: Nearly twice the population of Japan. Seventeen time's Japan's national...
  17. Alternate Pearl Harbor Attack?

    Not quite sure where your aircraft informations came from, but actual USAAF deployment in Hawaii on 12/7/41 is generally accepted as being At Bellows 6 North American O-47B observation plane 2 Stinson O-49 Vigilant L-1 observation plane Two P-40s At Hickam 33 Douglas B-18 Bolo 12...
  18. Alternate Pearl Harbor Attack?

    The Battle line, with the exception of the Nevada didn't have enough time to build up steam sufficient to move out. Only one hour and forty five minutes elapased between the time that the Ward confirmed she had attacked a canfirmed submarine and the first bomb falling. It took around three hours...
  19. CVA 01 vs Soviet carriers.

    REALLY good question. The RN does have the U.S., and to a lesser degree, the French, to help with the rough spots. The Soviets had no one to talk to. I would expect it to take at least five years for the RN to work up even a decent crew backbone. You need experienced NCO's, deck division...
  20. CVA 01 vs Soviet carriers.

    There are a couple different issues in play here. First is experience. Experience and effectiveness are much more than conducting a few raids or handling air operations on a brief cruise (the only kind the Soviet navy was allowed). Flight ops in the North Atlantic are difficult, especially...
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