A plan that was used bt the Western allies in 1943 to dupe Hitler and his high command that they were going to invade Greece rather than Sicily, involved getting a corpse and then dumping it off with a whole load of documents into the med and then the Italians picking it upThe man that never Was?
Who then gave the relevant information to the Germans...just as the British planned
From the USN POV, the Iowas are no longer too relevant. They were a specialized design which trades a lot in order to get an extra four or five knots. The lesson learned at Makassar, Corsica and the Norwegian Sea is that big, heavily armored and heavily armed ships that are fast enough are better than big, slightly less heavily armored ships that are very fast.Not the Whisky you monster.
The USN is debating whether or not to continue with the Montana class
Right now, it is the Wake Island class....I dont think Midway will be named Midway ITTL.... it will be named Makassar.
Ooh, the theme is American victories in the pacific?Right now, it is the Wake Island class....
Flores Sea Ship #2
Makassar will be ship #3
Steel is scheduled to be cut for Wake Island in late summer 1943--- design will still have the stability issues that plagued the OTL Midway class.
Story 1397 June 16, 1942Ooh, the theme is American victories in the pacific?
Which battle was Flores Sea?
The Royal Navy evacuated almost 100,000 men from the Belgian Army. The Free Belgian Army currently consists of five four battalion infantry brigades. They routinely train with the single Free Czech tank brigade. One brigade has been deployed to the Belgian Congo. We can consider this to be an oversized single division.
Two divisions of Australians were already on their way in a rush to Bangkok. The Royal Navy had loaded transports with the lead brigades days ago as the final details were being hammered out. By nightfall, the troop transports were in the Gulf and by the next morning, the first of forty thousand Australians were in the Thai capital.
The lesson learned at Makassar, Corsica and the Norwegian Sea is that big, heavily armored and heavily armed ships that are fast enough are better than big, slightly less heavily armored ships that are very fast.
Large numbers of Belgian 2nd echelon troops will be employed in the making of chocolates and IPA's...Confused by how 100K Belgians is 5 bridges, but 40K Australians is 2 divisions. Might have missed something in the comments in Vol 1
Good to see they keeping the Alaska class
While we know there are 3 or so Japanese Battleships with nothing more in the next 12 months, the USN does not and they just been surprised by the 2 big monsters. However if Wisconsin is parked then it will mean the same with Missouri as that was launched later.
Looking at what was launched it would be interesting to see what they build on them post war.
If they're just launched to clear the slip, they would have a lot less superstructure....snip...
While we know there are 3 or so Japanese Battleships with nothing more in the next 12 months, the USN does not and they just been surprised by the 2 big monsters. However if Wisconsin is parked then it will mean the same with Missouri as that was launched later.
Looking at what was launched it would be interesting to see what they build on them post war.