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  1. AHC: Create the Largest Naval Battle you can sometime after the start of WW1

    Hm. It might take some doing, but I was thinking having the Fashoda incident go hot. Now, France's navy is pretty hopeless at the time, so I think they'd need to start teaming up with others. Perhaps rather than Fashoda going hot, it instead thoroughly humiliates France, perhaps with Germany...

  2. AHC: Create the Largest Naval Battle you can sometime after the start of WW1

    Too bad this is limited to after the start of WW1. Else you could play some serious games to get massive fleets of pre-dreadnoughts slugging it out. If you could get France and Germany to bury the hatchet (Not in each other's heads), you could team them up against the RN and get a huge battle...

  3. WI: The battle of Gettysburg never starts, how does the rest of the campaign play out?

    Seems to me that if he takes his entire army to do that, then he's at risk of getting pinned up against the river. I can't imagine that Lee had much of a supply train. I would think that he's up against a wall with regards to how long he can run rampant. Foraging will only provide so much food...

  4. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    Okay, so perhaps not a complete destruction. My point was more that almost anything that happens still leaves the RN in command of the trade routes, and that cannot be easily taken away. Most neutrals can still be adequately bullied with the numerous pre-dreadnoughts. Italy can be bullied...

  5. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    I'd argue that, whatever happens it's a strategic British victory. Even if the Grand Fleet is eliminated, the RN still controls the seas. The Germans have to go home, the RN is still swimming in cruisers, AMCs and pre-dreadnoughts, the blockade stays in place. Sure, things have to be pulled back...

  6. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    Yes, but when scouting is restricted to periscope, the amount of kills that can be expected as poor. You just can't see. An interesting thought. I had thought of deploying such things from a "mothership", so that perhaps a swarm of them could be sent into Scapa Flow. This presupposes...

  7. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    Not at all. The South Carolina class was laid down before the Nassau class. I believe the Blucher was designed the way she was because intelligence said that the Invincibles would have 9.2" guns, and the Germans considered their 8.2" to be equal. You might reasonably have it designed with 9.4"...

  8. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    You know, if the HSF attacks before the end of 1914, the stats don't look terrible. Depending on when, it's around 17 HSF dreadnoughts to 21 RN dreadnoughts, and 10 RN battlecruisers to 5 HSF. Assuming Goeben can be home, and if we're going to be more aggressive, we want all of our heavies in...

  9. A better High Seas Fleet for WW1

    Note that there is no free lunch. 12 guns means a bigger ship, which is more expensive, or a less well-protected ship. I suppose you could have triple turrets developed, though that might delay completion. Even then, bigger, heavier ship, which costs more, and takes longer to complete. Sounds...

  10. what if pirates managed to establish a permanent colony?

    Perhaps something like the Barbary states, where piracy is state-sponsored? They might be the closest thing. Indeed, the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries would probably argue England is a pirate state.

  11. what if pirates managed to establish a permanent colony?

    Seems that what's going to be needed geographically might be hard to come up with, since that is prime real estate. What is needed: A good harbor that is defensible, and protected from weather Good beaches for careening ships A source of raw materials for repairing ships at the least A source...

  12. what if Henry Ford never founded Ford?

    Ford tractors figured very large in farming mechanization. The ubiquitous N series is still among the highest produced farming tractors ever. Does Ferguson get his start without Ford?

  13. Could Yamamoto have pulled off an even more devastating PH attack?

    California sank quickly because she was opened up for inspection, and I imagine she'll be tightly shut by the time the torpedoes come around. As you say, I don't think there will be anywhere near the success. The level bombers won't have the same leisurely aim time, so even if none are shot...

  14. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    Well, if demonstrations start, a lot of French leadership might lose their heads.

  15. Could Yamamoto have pulled off an even more devastating PH attack?

    Perhaps not, but these are hard targets, so the more boom delivered on target the better. Bunker oil is hard to light up, and thick stuff, so bigger holes are better. Even landing several 14" shells directly on the tanks may not light them up. Unintentionally if so. Ideally, everyone comes...

  16. Could Yamamoto have pulled off an even more devastating PH attack?

    I figured they'd be the best bet, due to rapid firing guns, and expend-ability. I want the heavy shells from the Kongos to break and light up the fuel tanks (May still not be enough) and beat on the drydocks and other infrastructure. The Kongos were often placed in harms way more than the...

  17. Could Yamamoto have pulled off an even more devastating PH attack?

    While I could be wrong, I figured nothing short of a direct hit would disable the gun. A near miss would scythe down crew of course.

  18. Could Yamamoto have pulled off an even more devastating PH attack?

    I would point out that the guns are very unlikely to be manned at the outset of the attack. They are unlikely to be disabled by air, the crews are likely not there waiting to be shot, and attacking them first is a dead giveaway that something is coming that the Japanese don't want shot at...

  19. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    Three years later, the 11th French Empire is declared....

  20. Germany wins WWI: In which german city would they have negotiated and signed the peace treaty?

    Hm. Wouldn't Versailles be an option? After all, that's where the end of the Franco-Prussian war was signed, so I'd think that they'd want to do that again. Driving home exactly what has happened. Maybe Switzerland? I can see not Sweden, and possibly not the Netherlands, as they were on the...
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