Ion Cannons!?!? (quietly disarms ion cannon and brings out the Doomsday device from ST) you were saying?
Well, he is an Astrodragon so ion cannon are completely plausible.
Ion Cannons!?!? (quietly disarms ion cannon and brings out the Doomsday device from ST) you were saying?
But that was a REALLY good guess.
Third in the medal tables at this point. Surely the Russians will catch up soon?
I'm not sure this has been asked, even if the importance of Malayan rubber has been mentioned. What's the effect on the allied homefronts if Southeast Asian oil, rubber, and metals are still available?
The US probably wouldn't need to ration gasoline at all (which IIRC was more about conserving tires than fuel), and that surely feeds into the economy in general. Given that US railways would be prioritized for mobilization and war industries, might this mean an early boost to road trucking?
There probably are a number of other knock on effects of rubber and fuel being generally available in terms of allied economies and war production. What else was rationed OTL that ITTL likely wouldn't need to be?
Availability of Rubber will still be limited, as their is a shortage of shipping even once the Japanese are morced out of Malaya. I would expect to see similar rationing to OTL, BUT there is no need for the expensive artificial substitute to be developed in the US (although they may anyway, US politics is impenetrable..) The Empire will do fine, though
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Availability of Rubber will still be limited, as their is a shortage of shipping even once the Japanese are morced out of Malaya. I would expect to see similar rationing to OTL, BUT there is no need for the expensive artificial substitute to be developed in the US (although they may anyway, US politics is impenetrable..) The Empire will do fine, though
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Then the Easter bunny will transport their entire army to the US so it can occupy the country.![]()
With the Burma road open (and being upgraded), there really should be quite a lot of US shipping in the region with empty holds for the journey back to the states after unloading supplies intended for the Chinese in Burma.Availability of Rubber will still be limited, as their is a shortage of shipping even once the Japanese are morced out of Malaya. I would expect to see similar rationing to OTL, BUT there is no need for the expensive artificial substitute to be developed in the US (although they may anyway, US politics is impenetrable..) The Empire will do fine, though
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You forgot those decadent Himalayan kingdoms of Xanadu and Shangri-La...No, don't be ridiculous. They'll be holding the army back to prepare for their invasions and occupations of Narnia, Númenor, and the semi-elemental plane of ranch dressing. Much more practical.
For all the hilarity, the Japanese aims are probably more practical than Marshall's ideas about invading France in 1942....
Actually, the plan is sensible in what it aims to do. The problem is the Japanese don't have the ships and planes to achieve it...
You forgot those decadent Himalayan kingdoms of Xanadu and Shangri-La...
Yes, and several people here would react, perhaps have reacted, the same way to marshalls plan. What WAS he smoking?