wwii at sea

I've read a lot of threads about how the Kriegsmarine of the 2nd World War could have performed better in the Atlantic, and all of them end with the unanimous conclusion: "They're still screwed". So this thread will ask the complete opposite: what if the Reich's leadership took one look at the...

September 8th, 1939 Manila, Philippines 6:18 AM September 8th was a day that began much like any other, and a date after which nothing would be the same. The sun rose over Manila. Old men in barong tagalogs opened their small shops, and every tita hung her washing, much like any other day...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: A big thanks to "consulting admirals" @jsb @Luminous @hipper @RamscoopRaider @steamboy for their stellar contributions to this thread. It would not be half as interesting without them! For the uninitiated, US hull classification symbols are used as abbreviations for ship...

So lets just go with the British decisively winning the battle of Denmark Strait and sending Bismarck to the bottom of the sea. What is the effect on British moral, now that they've crushed Germany's super boat without losing their flagship? Is there any effect on the development of air-naval...

What is the maximum amount of damage possible for the Tirpitz to inflict if she managed to break out of the Norwegian Fjords, and lets say she's undetected at first like the Bismarck.