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  1. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    Uh, that means a WHOLE LOT OF GUYS!
  2. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    The units increased the total population of Alaska by about 5%. In all it's about 2 divisions, heavy on artillery.
  3. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    Here is the U.S. Army deployments on 12/7/41 (just West Coast) http://www.navsource.org/Naval/
  4. WI No Miracle at Midway?

    I would question that. The Japanese NEVER put together a reasonable training program for her D/C parties (frex: as last as June 1944 the IJN lost the Taiho to a single torpedo hit due to a gas vapor explosion).
  5. WI Disaster at Pearl Harbor

    The assumption that most of the attacking Vals would make destructive hits seems overly optomistic. Even without interference, it would not be at all unusual for pilots, especially tired pilots to have anywhere from a third to a half of bombs be clean misses (the first wave launched at 06:30...
  6. WI No Miracle at Midway?

    The Wasp was committed to the Atlantic Fleet. The mission to relieve Malta was considered to be critical to the overall "Europe First" strategy (whether it was is a different issue). There is not enough time to get her out of the Med, arrange for Pac Fleet escorts to meet her when she's through...
  7. WI No Miracle at Midway?

    I have to say that, especially compared to some other posts, this makes some sense. The degree of damage is a bit high, but it makes some sense. How did Wasp wind up at Midway? She was delivering planes to Malta on May 9th. As to the end result - Not a bit of difference as to the end game...
  8. WI Disaster at Pearl Harbor

    Bollocks. There was a zero chance that ALL the fuel would be destroyed. For one thing, there were LOTS of fuel tanks (somewhere in the area of 60) in completely different areas, with earthen berms surrounding them to contain fuel in case of a rupture. There were also large fuel tanks located...
  9. Alaska in a Conventional WWIII

    There are two very different answers here. One is raids, even large ones by ground forces, are possible. It is true that the launching of attacks on the other side's homeland can be a dicey proposition, it is also true that the raiding of that territory may be necessary. As an example, the...
  10. WI the Gatling Gun was used in the Civil War?

    Well, obviously if it wasn't on a TV program, or in a small book, it wasn't used. Ever occur to you to ACTUALLY LOOK SOMETHING UP?
  11. WI the Gatling Gun was used in the Civil War?

    Once again: Will you PLEASE do the slightest bit of research? It was used in the Civil War.
  12. Pacific War Redux

    I'm not sure I'd say that. He had two separate landings to deal with, the Lingayen Bay landing & the Lamon Bay landing. The Lamon Bay landing, even with the losses inflicted during the amphibious assault, was the more dangerous, with a railway and improved road leading straight to Manila...
  13. Pacific War Redux

    The Japanese battle plan always called for the main DEI invasions to occur after the Philippines and Malaya were either conquered or contained. They do have a couple of fields under control already, including parts of Sarawak & Brunei, which they captured on December 16th (same as IOTL)...
  14. Pacific War Redux

    ^%^$ *&^*!! &&^%$ :o Thanks. Fixed.
  15. Pacific War Redux

    Next update. Happy 1942!:D As always, comments are very welcome. Enjoy. December 29, 1941 Every flyable B-17 in the Philippines stages through Nichols and Clark Fields in response to the Japanese attack of December 28. Leery due to the losses suffered on December 19, the U.S. bombers...
  16. Operation Jefferson Davis

    Amen Deacon!
  17. WI a comet, or asteroid, hit Earth?

    It happens on a regular basis. Most of the time the object is about the size of a softball. So what happens? Nothing especially noteworthy.
  18. WI: Decent superchargers in US fighters?

    The quality comment was one of several similar ones from RAF & RAAF pilots I came across when looking into the DEI campaign as part of the Redux research. I didn't bother even talking about the fire problem, virtually all of the F2A's design contemporaries had poor records as far as gasoline...
  19. Operation Jefferson Davis

    Wrong Again. The Gleaves-class lead ship (DD-423) was commissioned in June 1940. The last ship of the Class (DD 486) wasn't even LAUNCHED until 1942. Ruben James (DD-245) was from an entirely different class.
  20. WI Hitler was in the dock at Nuremberg?

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
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