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  1. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    Why? The attack would make no tactical and little strategic sense. Japan was trying to get the United States to blink with Pearl Harbor. Tokyo actually believed, quite foolishly, that the U.S. could be more or less bought off once theSouthern Resource Area was secured. A sneak attack, under a...
  2. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    The Pacific Fleet heavy elements were based in San Diego. Launching a surprise attack against the Pacific Coast of the United States, the site of the most active sea lanes on Earth, is nearly impossible. Landing a forces, even of division strength on the North American continent is...
  3. WI Japan Invaded the US?

    The logistical impossibility of this event is stunning. A cohort of ASB would work themselves to death trying to make it work and STILL fail. You are right about the militias, which were a serious danger as civilian weapons were not significantly inferior to military issue in 1941. However...
  4. Naval history WI: Different RN in post-war era

    The question is WHY? Why would the UK decide to spend the money to maintain a serious blue water navy? CBG's are, without question, the best power projection tool ever created (not the most power weapon, but SSBN's are pretty useless for showing the Flag), but they are also damned expensive...
  5. So Bleeding Common: No Invasion into the U.S.S.R

    Not at all. The Germans did manage to move troops and their personal weapons, along with a trickle of tanks and other armor, as well as minimal supplies, although the supply situation was generally touch and go. They moved all they could with resources available to them. They HAD no other...
  6. So Bleeding Common: No Invasion into the U.S.S.R

    Ships can move. They did so in rather high percentages as the Germans moved in. Those ships all filled up with refugees and ran for Great Britain or Ireland or Sweden. Even IF you manage to get merchant ships constructed in the North Sea ports, those ARE inside of RAF bomber range (nothing...
  7. WI: Bush Goes To 'Nam

    I'm not sure about no change at all. He'd at least have seen some empty seats in the mess hall from Thud & Phantom pilots who didn't make it home. It might at least have given him a BIT of insight.
  8. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    I know I will live to regret this, but... How, exactly, did you come up with that conclusion? It wasn't even the best torpedo bomber the FAA used during the war.
  9. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    Unquestionably. I, among others, have noted that the FAA condition was not because of any defect in the British aircraft industry, but becuase the decision was quite properly made that land based aircraft were way more critical to National survival than carrier aircraft. If we go with a long...
  10. conventional war after MAD?

    If you have no one to operate the equipment, it is of little use. Machines need fuel, once the sources have been slagged, they do not run very well. Troops need food, if the distribution network is shattered, they die. You are talking MAD. Mutual. Assured. Destruction. A full exchange would...
  11. The Desperate War

    Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: Hell No! Reason: Logistically impossible. The details have been explained time & again in other threads.
  12. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    The IJN was far from perfect, witness everything from Coral Sea forward. Nevertheless, if you look at the actual performance of the Kido Butai and the actual performance of the Royal Navy FAA in offensive actions, especially in open water, there simply IS no comparision. The RN was simply...
  13. Switch Interwar French/Italian Battleship Plans

    Killing cruisers is a lovely plan, unless you KNOW that the enemy will have fast battleships that are more or less proof against your biggest guns. Italy would HAVE to figure, not just the more capable Frnch ships, but also the RN in any decision process. The Med more or less belonged to the RN...
  14. Republican-Run WW2: Your Thoughts

    The problem is that there is no way to determine who the leadership would actually be. The individuals who ran for President, if the Republicans were a majority, would almost certainly NOT be those who ran IOTL. The isolationism of the Republicans was, as much as anything, a political stand...
  15. So Bleeding Common: No Invasion into the U.S.S.R

    The Reich doesn't have the lift to increase the number of troops, trucks tanks, etc. needed to change the balance in Africa. They also lack the ability to alter that simple fact. Germany entered the war with very little merchant shipping, virtually all of the shipping that belonged to the...
  16. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    Well, if we follow the POD, whoever loses won't have to worry about heading home. Unless home happens to 5,000 feet under water.:eek:
  17. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    Yes. The tactics already existed, both in the USN and IJN (the RN was slightly different, mostly because so much of its planned battlefield was within land based air range), as early as 1930, the tools just weren't ready until around 1939-40. Airpower was the naval equivalent of Colonel...
  18. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    I can only follow your POD. The two sides, for no particular reason, decide to destroy each other's fleets. You do that by meeting them in combat. Now, you want to do the actual War, that is a different matter. In a WAR, not a naval wank, the methods would be very different, depending on the...
  19. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    Not really. In that case, truth, justice, and the American Way would triumph. Here it just comes down to the math.
  20. Naval War Wank: The West v. Japan

    Unfortunately the Fulmar didn't begin to reach the fleet until July 1940 (amost the exaxt same date, in fact, as the Zero started to enter carrier squadron service). Escorts will be Gladiators and Skuas. There won't even be that many Gladiators, the RN carriers just didn't have the room for a...
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