Days of Infamy: Invasion, Occupation, and Liberation of Hawaii (1941-1943)

Alterwright

Alterwright

Matt Wiser said:
U.S. I Corps: 32nd, 33rd, 37th, and 43rd IDs and 158th RCT. Elements of the 11th Airborne Division dropped on Aparri on 23 June 45 and pushed south to link up with the 37th ID.
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Don't imagine it was easy fighting then. Still with a bit of help from the Australians it probably would have been a bit easier.
 

Tiro

True, but then the United States would have had to admit the British Empire was actually good for something in the Pacific and I'm sure "Dugout Dug" couldn't possibly want THAT!
 

Tiro

On a more serious note, it's more than a little intriguing to imagine the "Army" of Royal Hawaii going up against the US invasion force - the mental image it produces is of US Soldiers c.1941 Vs US Soldiers 1943 (Brody V M1, Springfield V Garand etc).
 
Alterwright

Alterwright

Tiro said:
On a more serious note, it's more than a little intriguing to imagine the "Army" of Royal Hawaii going up against the US invasion force - the mental image it produces is of US Soldiers c.1941 Vs US Soldiers 1943 (Brody V M1, Springfield V Garand etc).
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Heh. It'd be like pitting the old equipment against the new. The Pre-war soldier against the mid-war soldier. Would probably a bit confusing too on the battlefield as US soldiers, but perhaps not.

The greatest difference would be in firepower between two sides. Reliable and tried as the Springfield was the Garand is the next generation in this field, simply coming down to how many bullets it can put down range.
 

Matt Wiser

Not to mention that some of the Japanese were using Springfields due to losing their own rifles when barracks were bombed...They actually liked them due to more stopping power than their Arisakas.
 
Alterwright

Alterwright

Matt Wiser said:
Not to mention that some of the Japanese were using Springfields due to losing their own rifles when barracks were bombed...They actually liked them due to more stopping power than their Arisakas.
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The Springfield had more stopping power huh? I thought the Arisakas were in par with that?
 
Alterwright

Alterwright

Matt Wiser said:
Springfields were better overall. Well made, and even the Japanese IRL in the Philippines learned to respect them.
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I read that as "Japanese learned to use them and respect them". Well certainly do a bit of both in this story, that's for sure. The likelihood of the Japanese using US equipment during the fight for Oahu wouldn't be entirely out of the question then.
 
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