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  1. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Why, no, you are not. You are so far from right that it is a two transfer ticket away. While I will likely regret this, do tell how the Archerfish's success against an incomplete hull (that lacked, among other things, rubber seals around the watertight doors & waterproof gomets around the...
  2. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Bollocks. All of Nagumo's subordinates DID NOT want to lauch a third strike. For one thing ALL of his subordinates were not pilots. Some of his JUNIOR (emphasis on junior) offices wanted to launch a third strike; mostly pilots who had their blood up. That is why Lt. Commanders & Commanders do...
  3. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    We know you are trying to make a point. The problem is, you are wrong. Virtually every poster has demonstrated that your thesis is fatally flawed, from its initial premise to the short term results, clear to the long term effects. You have given virtually no factual evidence to support your...
  4. Excelsior III continued and expanded

    Actually it was a balloon. Aircraft, to this day, don't have this sort of ceiling. As far as the POD: Why bother? a 35,000 ft HALO is more than sufficient for any combat situation.
  5. WI No Battle of Britain, Later War Against the USSR, Not Allied With Japan

    The RAF did very nicely pounding Germany for 2 & a half years before the USAAF even began operations (they put 1100+ aircraft over Cologne in June of 1942, it was late August before the FIRST B-17 appeared over FRENCH skies). As far as whatever documents you have that Patton found in the...
  6. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    True enough. I was just offering a few accessible authors. As you probably know, some journal articles, even from Proceedings, presuppose a certain level of knowledge (something that is not a given here).
  7. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    There has been a good deal of recent scholarship on Fuchida (see, among other Shattered Sword pg 436/437) and his veracity, or rather, lack thereof. Saying that they based much of the story on his writings inspires little confidence. The picture of the third wave, based on your thumbnail, is...
  8. WI No Battle of Britain, Later War Against the USSR, Not Allied With Japan

    They get their ass kicked. Africa was a logistical nightmare for the Reich. They never had sufficient lift to truly mount a major offensive, the lacked aircraft with sufficient range to control the sea lanes, they lacked a large enough surface fleet to defeat the RN, even the fraction stationed...
  9. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    BTW: I checked on Newt's degree. He has a doctorate in Modern European History. Hardly makes him an expert on IJN officers, much less on Pearl Harbor. Forstchen has a History doctorate with emphasis on the American Civil War. He is best known as a Sci Fi author, although he has written some...
  10. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Launched from WHERE? Are you seriously advocating the Kido Butai hang around for a couple of WEEKS?
  11. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Want to try that one again? Here is the actual after action report from the commander of the Enterprise Air group: http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/ph17.htm That would be FOUR Fighers lost to Blue-on-Blue & the Commander of Scouting Six...
  12. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    Raymond Spruance was a Cruiser officer too. He won Midway, he won Philippine Sea (aka the Marianas Turkey Shoot), he flattened Truk, raided the Home Islands, and generally shook the IJN like it was a rat & he was a terrier. He also succeeded Nimitz as Pacific Fleet commander. Yamamoto DID...
  13. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    First, he had to FIND Halsey. Then he had to find the fuel to keep his ships going. IOTL one of the factors that Nagumo had to consider was fuel; had the Kido Butai remained on station, especially long enough to hunt for the American carriers (Not just Enterprise, but Lexington as well; he...
  14. Plan a Successful Sealion!

    What, beside a single magazine article, leads you to state so flatly that Rommel was the inferior of the other two commanders? All were remarkably successful; all also had problems (something all commanders share). Rommel is somewhat overrated, especially in popular imagination, but he was an...
  15. Plan a Successful Sealion!

    Starting in 1933? Can't be done, not by 1940, not even by 1945. The logistical requirements (landing craft, surface combatants, heavy amphibious ships (e.g. LST) supply vessels) alone preclude it The sheer number of ships/boats required to support the landings (the Allies used around 5,000...
  16. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    There is a huge difference between could and would. We have provided a series of responses to your original question (& I am constrained to point out that the "ASB" term was not an issue, as it was a reasonable POD question), all of which note a variety of reasons that the presence of Yamamoto...
  17. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    To recap: The attacking ships would have been blown to Mars.:D
  18. AH Challenge: A German invasion of the United States

    Thanks. Saved me LOTS of typing.
  19. Yamamoto is placed in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor

    There are two different, very distinct, issues here. The first is, of course, Yamamoto being in actually command of the Kido Butai, with the second, the possibility of a third strike on Pearl Harbor, being an entirely separate matter. One of the major misconceptions that surround Yamamoto is...
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