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  1. The Entente Alone: A different conclusin to WWI

    More like a Salt mine.:p
  2. The Entente Alone: A different conclusin to WWI

    Could you provide some refererences? Several of these comments are at odds with virtually all sources I have been able to access. Perhaps they are the result of recent scholarship and research into previously unknown German sources? I would be interested in reviewing them as they greatly...
  3. The Entente Alone: A different conclusin to WWI

    Germany, in 1918, was starving due to the blockade. There were frequent bread riots in the summer & fall of 1918 & the Red Flag was beginning to wave in many urban areas. It was the imminent threat of revolution, far more than battlefield conditions (dire as they were) that drove the German...
  4. The Entente Alone: A different conclusin to WWI

    Pershing & company were very much rookies when the AEF reached the battlefield. They had to learn the same expensive lessons that the other Western Front players learned. The AEF's advantage was HUGE numbers of troops with high morale, numbers and hope not having been whittled sown by years of...
  5. Japanese Victory (?)

    Utterly ASB. Just in case you aren't joking... The IJA simply didn't have the forces to make it happen. The IJN didn't have the lift to make it happen. Chemical weapons were not exactly a 1940 Japanese invention, all armed services world-wide had protective gear, and the washdown of warships...
  6. Reliable U-boat torpedoes.....

    They would have been more reliable than any other weapons system deployed during the War?
  7. Japan Doesn't Fight

    Some recent research has called the whole "Rouge Kwantung Army" into some question. Among other published works Combined Fleet Decoded, where the authors are looking at original Japanese records, indicate that the entire series of events may have had a good deal more higher authority than...
  8. Japan Doesn't Fight

    Keeping the Japanese OUT of WW II is the hardest part. They were the first major belligerent (Manchuria 1931) to engage in aggression. Two full years before the generally recognized outbreak of WW II with Germany's invasion of Poland, the IJA with strong IJN air support, was cutting a swath...
  9. Japanese Victory (?)

    All Japan needed was common sense. Unfortunately, expecting that from a government, especially a military government with delusions of granduer and dreams of world conquest, is a bit much.
  10. King/Spock Ticket in '68

    Minimal, at least until they become the actual nominee (there is actually a test of public recognition involved in the process). Even then it is far less elaborate than the President or President elect. I would also point out that RFK had security (not sure if it was Secret Service, but he...
  11. King/Spock Ticket in '68

    Well, it wouldn't have that much difference, since Dr. King was assassinated IOTL anyway. I can't see any way that the leaders of this ticket are alive in January of 1969.
  12. Taiwan still part of Japan

    Well, the thread started being about what circumstances could have allowed Taiwan could remain under Japanese control post-WW II. It has morphed since then, but no more than many of the threads here. Political issues, however, should go to Chat.
  13. Japanese Victory (?)

    When the U.S. cut off Japan's oil in July 1941, the IJA had 4 months worth of oil on hand (the IJN thought it had 48 months; then it looked at usage. It was using 400 tons an hour, meaning at July 1941 rates the IJN had 18 months of reserves, this was, of course well before the Fleet had to...
  14. Japanese Victory (?)

    That's odd. I was reading an English translation (not the greatest translation, but more than understandable). Why resort to what most see as the ultimate act of barbarism, when you can end the war with the statement "We surrender."?
  15. Japanese Victory (?)

    Nothing quite so high tech. Strafing carts, trucks, railways (including the railheads where food was brought for transport), and beasts of burden, along with attacks on irrigation systems, these were coupled with concerted attacks on the fishing fleets and docks; in all the average city dweller...
  16. Japanese Victory (?)

    Absolutely. The more fanatical element of the IJA believed that the entire Japanese people would willingly go to their deaths. This was far from the truth. The immediate post-war U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey showed that 2/3 of the Japanese population was ready to surrender BEFORE Hiroshima...
  17. Triple Alliance is Honoured

    1ST - Welcome! 2ND - Interesting POD Now, to the meat of the matter: There are several low probability events here, so low probability to be virtually impossible. Specifically: The UK is, in the scenario proposed, effectively undamaged. Troop losses will be low, especially compared to...
  18. Japanese Victory (?)

    The U.S., by November 1, 1945, would have had part of the 8th Air Force fully in place on Okinawa, bombers AND fighters both. The 8th was scheduled to send 5 fighter groups, roughly 350 planes, to supplement the 400+fighters already in place as part of XX Air Force. Overall, the U.S. would have...
  19. Japanese Victory (?)

    True. There is considerable question, however, regarding the actual practicality of many of the "kamikaze" aircraft in completing their missions. Beyond the extraordinary low level of training, many of the aircraft themselves were barely flight worthy, a number being ancient biplanes or light...
  20. Batavia (Alternate WWII)

    Fair enough. As far as getting wasted, I'd say its getting close to a free pass, considering. That might change as things progress, depending on how it spins, but right now the general attitude seems to be meh.
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