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  1. Ho229 : A great WWII fighter? or the greatest WWII fighter

    Right up and until it crashed from instability. As has been noted, flying wings are so unstable that they are effectively unmanagable. There was a reason that the YB-35 & YB-49 didn't make it into series production, despite some very impressive performance figures. BTW: Usless fact of the...
  2. N/A

    As has been noted, this poll labors under the false assumption that a single change will result in on only a minor difference more than a century later. This is unlikely to the point of union. To make just a single example: The French Revolution was greatly inspired, at least in initial...
  3. WW2 with 1950s weapons?

    1955, not 1965 Assault rifles? Not yet. The AK is not in general use.The early models has serious issues with the receiver (among other things). They didn't start to reach the field in any number until '56/'57 onwards. The Eastern block is still using the SKS and Bolt actions (along with the...
  4. WW2 with 1950s weapons?

    Not as much as you might think. The 1939 tanks were vulnerable to anti-tank rifles (normally something in the .50 cal/14.5mm range) to the same degree that 1955 tanks were vulnerable to early RPG's (PIAT, Panzerfaust) or bazookas. The problem was (and is) that you never had enough of them since...
  5. Custer’s Last Stand - Not!

    It is almost impossible to see how Custer survives the action unless he turns and runs at initial contact. That is most unlikely given Custer personal courage (whatever faults the man had, cowardice wasn't one of them) however that sort of action would have resulted in a General Court. If he...
  6. WW2 with 1950s weapons?

    Sure. IF nukes are off the table. Excepting nuclear weapons, there was no major increase in infantry weapon or airborne weapon lethality between 1945 & 1955. You would actually have a situation much like that which existed in 1940 in the air, fast interceptors with short legs, taking on...
  7. Berlin Airlift Crisis turns into WWIII

    There is actually a story in one of the recent ALT history anthologies that discusses this in some detail. The Sovs , for a series of irritations, decide to play chicken with a C-47 resulting in a mid-air which proves fatal for the YaK pilot. The next day Ivan gets even and kills a -47...
  8. What if this forum didn't exist?

    Amen deacon!
  9. Strangle Japan

    This was already in place. The sea blockade of Japan was as close to airtight as one could achieve, even by today's standards & the air umbrella was literally hitting anything that moved all the way down to ox-carts. The post-war USAAF Strategic Bombing Survey (I've posted the URL a few times...
  10. Gitmo mass escape

    A double header for racist trash refering to Arabs & others from the Middle East.
  11. Gitmo mass escape

    Been real moron.
  12. Gitmo mass escape

    Followed by a first class hanging. To the original subject- Getting through Gitmo's defenses, from either side of the wire, would require a major effort, brigade strength, if not greater. The U.S. has spent close to 60 years making the place difficult to breach, nad Cuba has done the...
  13. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    Get to what? Calling BS? Please put up the references and documentation sources. Lacking them, the rather extraordinary statement posted earlier is quite unsupportable.
  14. no first conact with japs

    1st, Welcome to the Board.:) Second (or rather for the third time), the term "Jap" is not generally used here. It may occassionally slip into a WW II conversation, but it is ALWAYS looked down upon, much like any number of other less than polite terms for groups. Your time here will be a lot...
  15. Me 262 in Korea.

    The original question posed wasn't about an improved version of the Swallow, it was about the existing end of war version in Korea vs. the Mig-15 and/or F-86. you can come up with a version of the -262 that would be a better aircraft (although as has been noted there were a number of other...
  16. Operation Unthinkable

    Well, they got the name of the Operation right, I'll give them that.
  17. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    I have NEVER seen anything approaching "proof" that the CIA or any other Western intelligence organ was behind the '56 uprising beyond the role of cheerleader (back issues of Pravda notwithstanding). Yes, VOA encouraged anti-communist activities and beliefs, but a CIA putsch? I too must call...
  18. Me 262 in Korea.

    Actually, from any performance measure you may want to use, both the Meteor AND the P-80 had equal, if not marginally better performance than the -262. It would have come down to the pilot. Now, the Luftwaffe was putting its top aces into the Swallow & I have no idea who the Brits had in their...
  19. Me 262 in Korea.

    Depends on the engines, put enough thrust on a brick and it will hit the sound barrier. The real problem is the basic design, not the least being the fuel load. 550 knots is sufficient, assuming you deploy the aircraft correctly. The big problem is that the 1st gen pure jets just do...
  20. The West helps the Hungarians in 1956

    The PRC was NOT part of the USSR's strategic depth, Hungary was. The key is the strategic depth issue. Every country has certain minimal requirements, and intruding on those requirements is tantamount to having your neighbor pointing a shotgun at your house; reaction is almost a given. The...
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