The War that Didn't End: A Different 1945

A pleasure I assure you Now I ,Sergeant Heritic and many others have taken the time and trouble to give you assistance so please run with it and remove from your head any thought that you are a second Tom Clancy... you are not
As has been superbly pointed out ,the US armed forces have a duty to remove from Japan the ability and the will to wage war. PLEASE think about this... IOTL it was decided by the allies that unconditional surrender was the only option that was to be given to the axis powers. You should ask yourself why. after all European history is littered with enemies signing peace accords when it became obvious that there was a 'winner' So what is different in WW2 ..THINK:eek:
Now in this ammended pod which I gift to you, there is a possibility and a slight one at that, that there could be a political settelment before Japan is reduced to a tattered ruin . Remember that there is no benefit of foresight here, no super weapons [yet] no magic bullets only a lot of exhausted people doing their very best in a situation not of their liking and not of their choosing and turning themselves into heroes heroines in the process .Despite this your protagonists are all too human and are subject to a variety of pressures fom a variety of sources
Good luck and remember NO TOM CLANCY:mad:
This is superb advice.

Think like an AMerican or ALlied COmmander in 1945, not like a citizen of any later era.
 
This is superb advice.

Think like an AMerican or ALlied COmmander in 1945, not like a citizen of any later era.
Yes indeed remembering that this is a political decision as well as a military one The commanders in chief on the allied side are civilian politicians with military responsibilities... RESEARCH:)
 
Yes indeed remembering that this is a political decision as well as a military one The commanders in chief on the allied side are civilian politicians with military responsibilities... RESEARCH:)
That's the key, NEVER just ASSUME, the U.S> and her allies are i na war for their very lives, their very nation's existance.

They cannot afford to use half measures or given the agressive enemy an inch, if they do it may very well be their butts.

One of the things that wore hardest on the ALlied populations was the FEAR, the real fear o nthe part of so many that "The Enemy" was coming to invade and kill and subjugate them.

A fear reinforced by literally EVERY action the Axis powers ever did.

That is why the end of the war with Germany's and Japan's unconditional surrender was greeted with such jubilee.

Because people could stop being afraid all the time.
 

sharlin

Banned
Just my few pennies, the big I class carrier subs were as stealthy as a man trying to sneek whilst wearing a one man band outfit. They were slow to dive and slower to respond to the helm, were very noisy due to their layout and many flooding holes to help them dive.

In short they were not very good.
 
Just my few pennies, the big I class carrier subs were as stealthy as a man trying to sneek whilst wearing a one man band outfit. They were slow to dive and slower to respond to the helm, were very noisy due to their layout and many flooding holes to help them dive.

In short they were not very good.

Good to know, seriously ,thank you.

That image is going to stick with me, that of a man trying to be sneaky while wearing a one man band outfit.
 
Just my few pennies, the big I class carrier subs were as stealthy as a man trying to sneek whilst wearing a one man band outfit. They were slow to dive and slower to respond to the helm, were very noisy due to their layout and many flooding holes to help them dive.

In short they were not very good.
Yes I was reading about them at the library this afternoon. other countries tried the same idea I see ..facinating
Still lets give the guy a chance and see where it leads
I've a hysterical vision of a japanes sailor in a one man band out fit desperately trying to row accross the pacific
 

sharlin

Banned
And for added comedic effect...lets tie some old style car horns the squeeze end ones to the undersides of his feet...
 
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