Depends how much things have been slowed down. If the Russians aren't at the Oder yet Germany probably does get nuked. Meanwhile Japan certainly does still get nuked and Germany gets a "surrender or get this" message. Tactical use on major bases or troop concentrations is possible and at this...
If the bomb had been available it would have been used on the third reich. If it had saved one allied soldier or slave labourer or concentration camp inmate it would have been well worth it. Plus the vindication of the trenchardian position, would have been a good thing.
Yes this and the Germans pass the 'Paper bag test', the Japanese...ehhhhh not so much
And I do think that had something to do with the decision to use the weapon on Japan by the morals and attitudes of the day
For a major naval power that holds Crete (and Rhodes) as airbases, island hopping up the aegean is a possibility.
Given Hitlers paranoia about Romanian oilfields, that is guaranteed to draw resources, as garrisons to hold every island, and aircraft to contest and defend.
If only some of the...
The Russians could also be getting more of everything because the British would be using less of it. The tanks make a disproportionate impact, they need a smaller tail so more trucks can be sent. Less infantry are killed or wounded so more boots can be sent etc.
I have my doubts. Germany is getting more of everything, while Russia is just getting better tanks. I don't think it would balance out.
The allies won't nuke Germany, not when they're already rolling over them. The reason Japan got them was because amphibious invasions are so hard to pull off...
So, basically, a withdrawal from everything beyond the Alps? Such a strategy would be deeply unpopular, although, with a split, you of course mitigate that effect. Otherwise there would be lots of very angry and very wealthy landowners.
Dewey would in my view have kept things ticking over and ended the Korean war when the South had been retaken. He would have been easily reelected in 1952 - he was surely a pragmatic consensus politician like Eisenhower or Truman in practice.
why did the Canadians buy the F101 AND F104 ? They could have just got the six as interim measure until F4 was in service, even the basic navy version could have been a better interceptor
OTL Ottomans did draw Greeks in the mid to late 19th century. The Tanzimat starting earlier than 1839, in 1809 or 1819, would mean Greek participation in the 1840s probably. Nothing major like Grand Vizier or high ministry post, but it will work out that way over time, depending on the course of...
Both Spanish and Japanese '7.62 NATO minus' did about the same. Either a light bullet (less than 120 gr) with less propellant for 2600 ft/s on the 7.62x51 CETME, or the standard bullet (147 gr?) with less propellant for 2300 ft/s for the Japanese.
The Italian 7.35 Carcano was as close to the...