carriers

Rear, then Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Jack_Fletcher Commander of American carrier forces at Coral Sea, Midway and the Eastern Solomons, he was beached in September 1942 for reported mistakes during the Guadalcanal landings (not covering Turner and thus...

With any POD after 10th May 1945, how can you keep the Royal Navy strong until the present day? A continous Carrier capability is a must.

Introduction could be copied from my "A Helicopter for the USMC" thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-helicopter-for-the-usmc.428328/ I'm plunging the depths of my own ignorance quite deeply here. Anyway, for a bit of background the POD is a long messy Iraq occupation...

21st October 1940 170 miles off the coast of Italy. 20:40 Just after the sun sets aircraft from the carriers Illustrious,Eagle and Ark Royal launch 84 aircraft. Twenty two Blackburn skua and twenty Fairey swordfish launch from Ark Royal. Fourteen swordfish launch off the deck of Eagle. Twenty...

Does anyone know what ships were in or near Pearl Harbor in July of 1941? It's almost impossible to find this information online. I'm trying to theorize what would've happened had the Japanese attacked on July 4 instead. Also, does anyone know if there would've been regular sorties and patrols...

Before WW2, Japan built two super battleships of the Yamato class, plus an aircraft carrier conversion. All these ships ended up at the bottom of the sea. Now these were pretty wasteful, but lets presume that the Japanese went Quantity not Quality. Instead, they build three 16 inch fast...