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  1. WW2 with a Fascist USA

    How about FDR (who actually did it IOTL), Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon (especially NIXON), Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I & Bush II and Clinton According to FDR: "The first truth ... That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other...
  2. Greater Israel

    If they lack the MEN, AMMO and MONEY how can they do it? Harsh Language?:rolleyes: This is the same as saying that if the Estonians had nuclear weapons & a million man field army with assault rifles, ZSU-30 AAA guns, Paladin SP 155MM guns, MLRS systems, Leopard II A5 tanks, 300 F-22 fighters...
  3. Luftwaffe '46

    Plan Z was totally worthless. Build the entire force as planed, and it is isn't the equal of ONE of Marc Mitscher's sub units (e.g. TF 58.1), much less the force the U.S. had planned to build. The other German systems are the same, by the time you are ready to go, the U.S. is far more ready.
  4. Luftwaffe '46

    Actually, I rather like that "crush him down into his shoes". I AM stealing that!:D To the main point... Bard has posted one silly-ass thread after another, and will generally persist in pushing them AFTER it was been demonstrated that they have no possible traction (check his Yamamoto...
  5. RP WI The Asiatic Fleet survived?

    Of course he wasn't going to be taken alive. He was going to tuck his tail between his legs and run out on his men. He would then, for his personal glory, piss away a surprising number of his troops lives so he "could return". While I have enormous issues with the way that Bushido was...
  6. Luftwaffe '46

    Okay, here we go AGAIN. Bollocks! The supposed Amerika bomber was a FAILED Project. The Reich built ONE ME-264 (cruising speed 350kph/210mph) and TWO Ju-390 (357/214), and this was BEFORE their industry had effectively ceased to exist. Even IF they had been produced, both aircraft were...
  7. HMS Habbabkuk

    [/FONT][/COLOR] Neither would the Habbabkuk. It was not capable of that sort of range OR speed. A CVE, however, could and did make that run as the war progressed, beginning in September of 1942. [FONT=Courier New][FONT=Courier New] To a rather surprising degree, we did. The U.S...
  8. HMS Habbabkuk

    Much like any number of systems considered during the war, she was interesting from an engineering standpoint, but would have been an utter waste of manpower to construct (and maneuvering her would have been an adventure, especially in the North Atlantic). Far better, smarter, cheaper, and...
  9. The I-400 class

    Of course they weren't used. They were an interesting feat of engineering, but a REALLY stupid idea. As the war progressed they were increasingly useless as they were too big for regular work and too manpower intensive. The idiot who proposed them should have been invited to go into a room and...
  10. Germany demands unconditional surrender

    They also planned to have the Reich last for 1,000 years. The ability to occupy the U.S. was beyond Germany & Japan combined, even without having to deal with the USSR, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Brazil, China, South East Asia, and the parts of Europe already...
  11. Non Area Bombing decision 1936

    Short answer: No. The U.S. had, without question, the best bombsight in the world in the Norden, which in tests was able to perform with great accuracy. Unfortunately, the real world, with flak, large formations, crosswinds, etc. proved to be a very different place than the test range. Even...
  12. RP WI The Asiatic Fleet survived?

    The U.S. had four battleships sunk at Pearl (Arizona, California, Oklahoma, & Tennessee), with two, Arizona & Oklahoma being considered to be beyond salvage. California & Tennessee along with Nevada, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia were repaired and returned to the war. It was...
  13. RP WI The Asiatic Fleet survived?

    A single carrier, or even a a single carrier group (even from an American carrier, which would be twice the size of a RN airwing), with everyone speaking the same language AND having the same training and goals, would have been overwhelmed by the size of the Japanese assault. The numbers are...
  14. RP WI The Asiatic Fleet survived?

    The POD, in somewhat different form was previously posted.
  15. all out Nuclear war.

    The species would survive, after a fashion. One of the great myths of the Cold War was "the Southern Hemisphere is safe". It wasn't. It was less filled with targets, but it was far from safe. A short target list circa 1985: South of the Equator Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo, Montevideo...
  16. Excelsior III continued and expanded

    Please provide your source for SR-71 "juking" to avoid SAM. The SR-71 was able to do penetration due to high speed, fairly stealthy design, and weakness in the Soviet ADZ perimeter. By the early '70's the central portions of the USSR was a "no-go" area for the Blackbird. Also, I would be...
  17. Excelsior III continued and expanded

    The Alert aircraft that were launched to support USS Liberty were A4 Skyhawks. Since the CBG was east of Cyprus it had automatically become part of the then existing SIOP & it was required to have a ready nuclear strike package. Those were the ready birds and that was what the CBG commander...
  18. Professional, all-volunteer Soviet military

    A professional military force is not a good thing if you are a dictator (there was a good reason that Hitler wanted to replace the Heer with the SS). The professionals present a clear & present danger to your position as President for life.
  19. AH IJN carrier conversion question

    Why, without the 1921 Treaty, would the U.S. have converted two of the Lexingtons into carriers and complete one as a BC? The whole reason that the Lex & Sara were converted in the first place was the Washington Treaty gave the USN a choice of scrapping them or converting them to carriers...
  20. WI Wake Island was relieved?

    No significant difference regarding the outcome of the war. The IJN schedule was so packed that it would not have been available to mount an entirely new operation, at least prior to June 1942. It is possible that the Japanese may have chosen Wake instead of Midway as the "trap" to bring...
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