That's a subject we have already discussed a lot. [img] I think the A Bomb was justified, because it was an effective tool to end the war with a...
Don't forget fast escort carriers are difficult targets, and dangerous ones! If you try to attack one you will most likely be sunk, as the U Boat...
"Police operations" and hunting escaped POW takes foot soldiers. But the real effective armies are made of panzer, half track, and anti aircraft...
Operation CROSSROADS was the name of the nuclear bomb tests in Bikini (1946)! [img] http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Tests/Crossrd.html Market...
Alaska was a defensive setup against possible invasion, and later a strategic base for B52. Please explain what damages B29 could have done to...
Yankee you don't seem to realize Berlin was destroyed. And I'm searching for them, but I can't find your "large arsenal" of fighter jets, where...
HiroHito was the Emperor, but he had nothing to say about the politic of his governement. the military was deciding everything, and they decided...
V3 was a "danger" for London civilians, but could have done nothing against USSR war industry. You can't bomb unknown targets! And "secret...
Distance does matter, the Atlantic ocean is less a problem in 1945 than 1980 (USSR had no nuke sub navy in 1945 to stink the US in north atlantic)...
Wasn't the tank a scene of the Last Crusade, the Graal story with Sean Connery?
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by AndyW: I think hitler invaded to early. He had to neutraliz britian so as to concentrate forces...
A Bomb... And no matter what the outcome in the West, the red meatgrinder was crushing Wehrmacht in the East. Maybe most of historically "Western"...
Hawaii was easy to defend, and heavilly fortified, it wasn't early war Wake. And it would have been impossible for Japan to ressuply Hawaii, it's...
Yes but the German subs were simply the best, and they had the experience from the first world war. But Japanese could have done at least as good...
A 1980 NATO/Warsaw pact war would have been another story... Western Europe as a whole was ready for the clash with Soviets, from anti tank...
I want a T34! [img]
Back in 1945, computers and communications were not what they are now. That means once a bombing was planned, it has to be carried out. Remember...
Well said Ron, except i don't believe Russians would have tried to invade Germany. Stalin was mad, but he was extremely skilled when it comes to...
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>The fighting spirit of the US back home might have been diminished had they known they were throwing their youth into...
No Guadalcanal campain. New Guinea probably invaded, and a battle for Australia after that. On the long run Japanese Navy was doomed (sub warfare...
