Delta Force
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So, what about the conventional forces of the Army and Navy? How might that be sorted out? Would any Pacific islands be converted to bases for strategic bombers or missile submarines?
So, what about the conventional forces of the Army and Navy? How might that be sorted out? Would any Pacific islands be converted to bases for strategic bombers or missile submarines?
So, what about the conventional forces of the Army and Navy? How might that be sorted out? Would any Pacific islands be converted to bases for strategic bombers or missile submarines?
Truk could be a good forward operating base against Australia, Singapore, and the Philippines, but what about Hawaii?
Sure, but equally possible is it being completely neutered with a sneak attack by a submarine fleet or missile attack. Small islands - as "small" as Hawaii is - probably don't work good for missile bases, I don't think. At least Cuba had some room for strategic planning.
Pretty much. And there isn't anything useful for a serious airbase or a submarine base between the Home Islands and Hawaii or Alaska.
There's also, of course, the fact that the entire premise is quite unlikely to occur in any relevant POD..
That too, but it's also historically notable, since it's a decent portion of IJN planning and logistics in WW2.
Like Iwo Jima is the one exception, and even then it wasn't valuable to anyone until pretty late in the war.
Also the good guy navy fallacy is giving me some pretty good ideas for a TL that's been bouncing around in my head for a while now.