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  1. USAAC/USAAF bombing switched to night raids

    This is probably asb territory I was reading an article in aeroplane about the us and British strategic bombing campaign in Europe in WW2, apparently there was a disagreement between Eaker and Harris with Harris wanting the US to join the RAF in night bombing. At the casablanca conference it...

  2. An Earlier Use Of Drugs/Drugs Epidemic/War On Drugs

    Ok, so let me first say I'm not arguing any of the above is desirable or healthy and drugs blights lives. With that caveat out the way I was wondering, is it possible to have the large scale use of drugs such as pot , lsd , opiates prior to the 1960s in the US abd western europe, what would...

  3. What happens to the Graf Zepplin?

    Folks, I wanted to pick the collective hive brai here, I was thinking about the graf zepplin carrier that was on again off again during ww2. It got me wondering, if it had been operational at the start of the war say January 1940, with a air group, ( i do apprecite it would have taken a lot...

  4. Turning Off The War:- Missed Chances To End The Iran \Iraq War

    I have been reading some books on the Iran Iraq war in the 1980s and it got me wondering a couple of things, I wondered when there.was a chance for either side to end the war , I think there might have been a proposal from the Iraqi side in 82 but we're there any others. How would that have...

  5. Chernobyl- The Best Place To Happen

    I am currently reading book about the chernobyl accident and there is a bit that talks about the dangers of rmbk reasons and how widespread they were in the soviet nuclear industry. That got me wondering, was chernobyl the worst place for the accident to happen? And if so which plant would...

  6. No JSF , what happens next.

    Folks, I was wondering , what would have happened if the JSF program had been killed at an early stage say before 2000? I was thinking about this one the other day, I figured that the following course for each of the main buyers: USAF: probably the easiest option for them would be an...

  7. Anti-Personel Mines In WW1

    AP Mines In WW1 I have as many have been reading a lot more about WW1 with 2018 being the centenary year, and a thought struck me I had heard very little in regards to Mine warfare, by that I mean the small AP type not the tunnelled type as at Messines. I had a thought that a Claymore type...

  8. A12 Avengers And USN Air Wings

    Hi Ladies and Gents Am looking for your considered opinions, I was sitting playing Command:Modern Naval Air Operations the other day, and I started wondering about what if the cold war had continued into the 2000s. I know , I know theres lots of hand waving involved in these questions. I...

  9. Helicopters in WW2

    Ok before I pose this question , I realise that this is ASB , as the technology isn’t likely to be available in the time period, I was wondering what tactical changes or doctrinal changes in wallied operations if in say mid 43, you had a general use of helicopters, i.e. general utility...

  10. No diversion of Bomber Command in early 44

    Ok Early 1944 the RAF and the AAC , practically ceased bombing industrial targets in Germany and switched to attacking transportation targets in France and Belgium in preperation for Overlord. My question is what would the effect of not using strategic bombers for essetially theatre targets...

  11. WW2 Fixed Wing Gunships

    Hi This is the first time I have posted a thread on here so go easy I was reading the thread regarding gattling guns in WW2 with intrest, it got me thinking , what kind of circumstances would need to arrive to have the fixed gunship make its debut in WW2? would it be a allies or axis...
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