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  1. Japan rebuild Kwantung Army

    What new tanks? The IJA had, total construction, around 200 - 300 Type 3 Chi-Nu tanks that were very marginally capable of challenging a Sherman (the low velocity 75mm version). The Type 3 had up to 50 mm of Armor and a low velocity 75 mm gun (as a comparitive the lightly regarded U.S. M3/5...
  2. WI: Germany won the battle of the Bulge

    I didn't mean that the Soviets would control the whole of Germany post war, just that all that would change, even if the Offensive worked beyond even Hitler's vision, is where the Allies met, not the outcome of the war.
  3. 2nd Mexican-American War or the War of 1869...

    Against the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? In 1869? That is just about the only time prior to the 1945 that the U.S. was capable of kicking the snot out of any or all comers, at least on North American soil. The USN was unbeatable within sight of the coastline & for a short distance further out...
  4. WI: Germany won the battle of the Bulge

    Difference? The USSR meets the Western Allies at the Rhine instead of the Elbe. (Not that the offensive ever had a prayer of succeeding.) Hitler using all the carefully hoarded Wermacht reserve armor against the Bulge in a hopeless, pointless, offensive should have been the last straw for...
  5. Was the USSR actually capable of conquering Japan at the end of WWII?

    To a degree I do agree with your perspective, but I have tremendous problems with the teaching of history in American schools. Virtually nothing after 1900 is examined in any useful detail. Kids learn more about Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims than they do about everything from Ike forward...
  6. Was the USSR actually capable of conquering Japan at the end of WWII?

    One of the more frequent observations that I have made when this sort of a subject gets kicked around on the Board is that too few posters look at the logistics of a situation, or only look at the issue from a very limited viewpoint. There is also the "History Channel" effect where a party line...
  7. Eisenhower and Patton in Russia

    Wow. You need to cut back on the bad pizza at bedtime.:p
  8. Was the USSR actually capable of conquering Japan at the end of WWII?

    The Japanese had about three divisions on Hokkaido, all of "Home Guard" quality with no armor, no reasonable transport, no fuel for the little transport they did have, and zero air cover. The Red Army could put AIRBORNE troops onto Hokkaido than the Japanese had in total forces. The Soviets...
  9. US invasion wank

    The '80's are a little tough to make work; however... Rescue Poland - Solidarno?? (in what is one of the great ironies of the era, given it was a socialist trade union) was a darling to the American Right in the early '80s. A Hungary '56 style intervention is attempted but the Czechs and...
  10. Tokyo and Kyoto nuked

    Not all that much difference. Tokyo was a logical site to be struck and Kyoto was a "where's that?" to the West. The targets for the weapons were selected primarily because they hadn't been hit with significant damage earlier in the campaign. Both cities were actually chosen from a "preserved"...
  11. Was the USSR actually capable of conquering Japan at the end of WWII?

    "In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance." -Joseph Stalin It really didn't matter how much you wanted to fight in the Red Army. You just did. It should, however, be noted that the Japanese were a traditional enemy, with humilation of the 1905 War still a living...
  12. Was the USSR actually capable of conquering Japan at the end of WWII?

    I won't restate the details of the Soviet capabilities, AV has done that quite nicely indeed. In this thread https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=70594&page=3 the relative strengths of the USSR and IJA/N are discussed at some length. The Soviet military machine, in...
  13. WI a more interesting WWII

    NO! Successful Marine Mammal?? Heretic!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Quick, gather wood & get the irons, it is time to start the fire.
  14. WI Operation Walkyrie successful but Hitler lives?

    That would be one HELL of a long range aircraft. Japan is 5,000+ miles from Berlin, going Great Circle Route. That would mean taking the Ju-390 (they built 2), overflying the pole (under 20K feet the whole way), and praying the winds were with you. A nose wind would put you on the ground...
  15. WI Soviets intervene militarily in Yom Kippur War?

    They did have a very limited number of pilots in Egypt as advisors who, in the great tradition of "advisors" everywheredecided the best way to advise was to lead and participate. The number was quite small, and taking on the IDF is a very different matter than taking on the USN, for a number of...
  16. WI Soviets intervene militarily in Yom Kippur War?

    The Israelis wind up within artilley range of Damascus & force the actual surrender of the Syrians. If Damascus had disobeyed Moscow, the Sovs would have abandoned them. edit: Given the long history of success of the Syrians against the Israeli Army The IDF might have wound up at the Turkish...
  17. WI Soviets intervene militarily in Yom Kippur War?

    In 1973 no Soviet fighter possessed air-to-air refueling capabilities. It was contrary to Soviet Doctrine of the era to have fighters out that far forward. Even today, later production (and export) versions of the SU-27/30/33 family are the only Russian fighters with air-to-air refueling...
  18. WI missiles instead of airforces.

    The key is that the Al Hussien attacks were IN 1991 not the mid '60s or early '70's. The missiles & guidance systems were much improved from the '60's (although they are still mostly crap). It should also be noted that the 1991 actions was NOT the first time Iraq had played the missile card...
  19. WI Soviets intervene militarily in Yom Kippur War?

    Problem is that the U.S. had made it frighteningly clear to the Soviets that the American military simply would NOT permit the Soviets to intervene militarily. The Soviets were not in any position to escort their transports all the way to the Middle East, for a variety of reasons the Soviet...
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