German victory at Moscow

A joint US-Canadian special forces unit was formed, trained in the Canadian Rockies in the tactics of mountain warfare.
Seen "The Devil's Brigade", hmm?:D
Roosevelt dropped Henry A. Wallace as his running mate in favor of James F. Byrnes.
Now there's a scary thought: President Byrnes, with nukes to drop on SU...
The Japanese under the command of Tomoyuki Yamashita did not challenge the landings
:eek:Huh?!:confused:
The invasion of the Philippines coincided with the US invading one of the Japanese home islands, Sakhalin. The northern half of the island having just been ceded to Japan did give much resistance, in the southern half of the island, the US Marines faced a much more difficult challenge. A three month campaign from February to April 1945 secured America’s foothold on Sakhalin and gave the US an unsinkable air base to launch bombing attacks into Japan.
I find this a real long shot...
Following the Mahanian Doctrine the United States lured the Japanese fleet out into a decisive battle in the East China Sea. In what is considered to be the greatest Naval battle of the war the United States Navy dealt a crushing blow to the Japanese, but at the cost of the USS Yorktown and USS Missouri.
"Lured"? IJN had been trying to achieve it since Midway, without success. USN could destroy IJN more/less at will.
the allies began to blockade Japan to starve the Empire into submission.
What does that make the Sub Force efforts since December 1941? Recall, it was USN subs which were responsible for sinking over half the merchantmen Japan lost during the war, & for more/less bringing Japan's economy to a halt by 1/45, before your "change in policy".
Bombing runs from China
You're kidding, right? Bombing from China was a multimillion dollar boondoggle. Half the money went to graft, & the B-29s achieved all of nothing
 
Seen "The Devil's Brigade", hmm?:D

The 1st Special Service Force, commanded by Brigadier General Fredericks (his final rank) did excellent service at Anzio and later on in the invasion of Southern France. It also took part in the invasion of Kiska, although saw no action (as no one did). It was indeed joint US/Canadian, although not the romantized version from the movie (scruffy Americans, uptight Canadians). The original plan for it was essentially a suicide mission in Norway, so it was the only airborne/mountain/amphibious/arctic trained unit in the US or Canadian Army. It combat performance to say the least is very impressive.

My question, why would the Allies try Sakkalin... indeed why try that area at all. The weather and terrain were simply awful, especially for the era.
 
This stuff is good. I'm a little skeptical on the realism, but it's fun to read so I don't care. Also, who can really predict AH accurately?
 
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