Orville_third
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Well, they DID occupy a few islands in the Aleutians.Whoah, so, the Japanese might have been able to actually occupy an American territory? I wonder for how long. that would be just bizarre.
Well, they DID occupy a few islands in the Aleutians.Whoah, so, the Japanese might have been able to actually occupy an American territory? I wonder for how long. that would be just bizarre.
Hmm if they hadn't lost all those units in Sealion Greece might not have given us the springboard we needed in the Med.
Although that said I've never quite understood how we kept greece in our camp and Italy ended up in the Russian camp, the geography always seems to get me.
Whoah, so, the Japanese might have been able to actually occupy an American territory? I wonder for how long. that would be just bizarre.
Could even Stalin have screwed up bad enough for the Nazis to have gotten to Moscow in 1941? In 1942, maybe, but not 1941.![]()
Depends. If you look at the plans the U.S. had in the 1930s they thought that the U.S. would have fight all the way across the Pacific to retake the Islands. The plan thought it would take a couple years, which seems silly today, but at the time it was a reasonable estimate. You need to keep in mind that this was before aircraft were seen as the decisive weapon of war.
I read an Alt History once that had the U.S. commander, a General MacArthur (interesting guy, serious WW I hero with like 6 Silver Stars), totally screwing up and letting his planes get caught on the ground. I thought it was a stretch, hard to imagine any American officer being that dumb, but I understand why the writer did it. He had to find some way to give the Japanese a chance.
When you look at what the Japanese did in China before Patton was sent there with First Army, having them holding an American territory (outside of the two Aleutian islands which were pretty much unpopulated at the time) could have been really nasty. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine that the Japanese would be so out of touch that they would commit war crimes against Americans. That would have been really stupid, especially considering how big a market the U.S. is for Japanese goods these days. If they had gone around lopping off PoW's heads or starving prisoners, the U.S. would NEVER have forgiven them.
Is that the one where the Japanese take Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and most of New Guinea? It's an entertaining read but full of holes. He has the man who identified the points the Japanese would land in Thailand and Malaya prewar then completely stuff up the whole campaign.
That depends on how many generals he had shot. The big question is whether he might actually have thought the Germans enough of a threat to relocate his armament industry in time. As it is he lost the Leningrad and Ukrainian plants due to complacency. Those crack troops in the first wave could have made a real difference, not to mention the Fallschimjager trapped on the Isle of Wight.
Which leads to another question. We know what Patton did in China, and how he almost forced the Japanese out. Would have been considered for the European front? If so, could he repeat his performance in Europe?When you look at what the Japanese did in China before Patton was sent there with First Army, having them holding an American territory (outside of the two Aleutian islands which were pretty much unpopulated at the time) could have been really nasty. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine that the Japanese would be so out of touch that they would commit war crimes against Americans. That would have been really stupid, especially considering how big a market the U.S. is for Japanese goods these days. If they had gone around lopping off PoW's heads or starving prisoners, the U.S. would NEVER have forgiven them.
Depends. If you look at the plans the U.S. had in the 1930s they thought that the U.S. would have fight all the way across the Pacific to retake the Islands. The plan thought it would take a couple years, which seems silly today, but at the time it was a reasonable estimate. You need to keep in mind that this was before aircraft were seen as the decisive weapon of war.
I read an Alt History once that had the U.S. commander, a General MacArthur (interesting guy, serious WW I hero with like 6 Silver Stars), totally screwing up and letting his planes get caught on the ground. I thought it was a stretch, hard to imagine any American officer being that dumb, but I understand why the writer did it. He had to find some way to give the Japanese a chance.
When you look at what the Japanese did in China before Patton was sent there with First Army, having them holding an American territory (outside of the two Aleutian islands which were pretty much unpopulated at the time) could have been really nasty. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine that the Japanese would be so out of touch that they would commit war crimes against Americans. That would have been really stupid, especially considering how big a market the U.S. is for Japanese goods these days. If they had gone around lopping off PoW's heads or starving prisoners, the U.S. would NEVER have forgiven them.
I remember that one, they took Burma I think as well.
Damn i can't remember the name of those specialist commando types he invented though, anyone got any idea?
And while on the subject what did happen to that scottish bloke that spent time with the Aussies, in that fic TL became a tactical genius.
It is when you are regarding our own reality as an alternate world of some different reality were things gone in a different path (like in this specific thread when the OP is posting from the POV of a person from a world were Hitler did launch operation Sealion).What is "DBWI"?
Erm, he did think that. People tend to miss that the Leningrad Siege and loss of Ukraine didn't actually impact Soviet industry as much as it's made out to have done. He moved a *lot* of industry out to beyond the Urals and the Moscow region, and his doing this arguably bought the USSR a great deal of time before it finally collapsed the invasion of its territory in 1943. The only reason it did not in fact do this in 1941 is how badly prepared for a major war it was then. And of course losing all its trucks......
Wait, is that the one where McClusky got luck and sank three Japanese carrier in the matter of minutes?
Marc A