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  1. Blaze

    WI: The Portuguese Fight on at Goa

    They have Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean already. Besides the Estado Novo regime would have never go foward with a plan to sell a portion of the territory to anyone
  2. Alternate warships of nations

    That was exactly why Jellicoe was in overall command as he was trusted to keep the Grand Fleet intact and not risk it in adventures with an uncertain outcome. A hot rod like Beatty was too much of a wild card to play and his style in command, combined with his attitude were seen as highly risky...
  3. America's Silver Era, The Story of William Jennings Bryan
    Threadmarks: The Kaiser's Speech

    In March of 1965, German, Austro-Hungarian, Romanian, Belgian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin troops launched an offensive in Ukraine. They defeated the Russians at the Second Battle of Pyryatyn on the 14th. On the 29th they took Lubny. In April, their advance was stopped as a Russian...
  4. When did Western Europe become truly dominant?

    Yes, Japam was in a unique position, which India wasn’t in. Also simply put in 1700 there was no British model which could be copied.
  5. The Undying Empire: A Trebizond Timeline

    I won't give the Ottoman Empire for dead - besides foreshadow mentions would imply that it could still stand for a while due to Bulgarian support. But I may be wrong in this.
  6. IJN Soryu's and USS Wasp's Durability and Usefulness

    In that case, the IJN doctrine still was to strike with pre-emtive strikes against whatever they could strike to weaken the approach of the USN countering forces, so the result will not differ much in this case as the main purpose of the Kido Butai did not change. Only the losses in aircaft were...
  7. When did Western Europe become truly dominant?

    I did not meant that an Indian state would have its own industrial revolution, merely to be in the position to copy the British model like Japan did. Or do you claim that is impossible also to do in time?
  8. Kantai Kessen

    IJN Soryu's and USS Wasp's Durability and Usefulness

    That's a pity. IJN AA was in a sorry state as it was.
  9. Kantai Kessen

    IJN Soryu's and USS Wasp's Durability and Usefulness

    I'm just saying what the IJN thought. Also, bear in mind the superior range of Yamato (45,960 yards) to Colorado and Maryland (35,000 yards), Tennessee and the New Mexicos (36,800 yards) and Pennsylvania (34,300 yards). She also has the speed to control the range as much as she wants. Add the...
  10. What if Argentina won the falklands war?

    Sounds similar to the belief of the Axis countries in WW2 that the democratic west would give up when the going gets tough.
  11. IJN Soryu's and USS Wasp's Durability and Usefulness

    No, they did not recover modern 40mm twin bofors mountings on Dutch sunken warships in the East indies as the ones carried there were of older types on the wrecked DD's present in Soerabaya. On land the KNIL used the landarmy variant of the weapon which differed from the navalized ones in...
  12. Alternate warships of nations

    Jellico was also Fisher's choice, he'd helped forward the man's career and Jellico had been part of the 'Fish Pond'. Jellico was an exceptionally clever man and he knew the capabilities of his ships and crews. His decision to form the line at Jutland, if he'd gone the other way could have been a...
  13. Alternate warships of nations

    In its own timeframe Jellicoe in the Great War was a safe choice, as he was loyal to the institute of the Admirality in the first place and not so much the politicians, including the First Sea Lord who technically was an officer, but behaved more in the political field than the Navy itself...
  14. What if Argentina won the falklands war?

    I can’t help but feel this is coloured by anti-British bias failing to take national attitudes, resources, socioeconomic balances, governmental systems and military structures into account.
  15. Kantai Kessen

    IJN Soryu's and USS Wasp's Durability and Usefulness

    @McPherson , @Bob in Pittsburgh : this is NOT a Civil War thread. Thanks for the interesting parallels but please remember this thread's purpose.
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