Ts, ts! In NA a lot of things went wrong, the British Imperial forces had their fair share of defeats, encirclements and narrow escapes. No...
Trade with Finnland looks very much possible. It can be done via Germany who was first not opposed to Finnland and than an ally. Plane-wise the...
Ok, how does Italy grab Egypt and Sudan? Not at all by the time France is falling IMO. Yes, it would have been the opportunity of a lifetime if...
An opportunistic idea to exploit the fact that the France and the UK can't intervene? I still think if the Italians had decided to stay out of...
Does Germany need to do anything if Italy stays neutral? With no hot war in the Med the oil suppy from Romania would be less vulnerable I guess....
No! Both had powerful air forces, we had the more powerful army but they had an even more powerful navy. The USSR was a multi national empire...
About 20mm projectiles. They are not bullets but shells. They explode on impact. If an armor plate that remains intact after being hit matters...
The loss of HMS Glorious: A fast carrier in unsafe waters was ecorted by a mere two DD and nothing else. Despite the symbolic escort there was no...
True. The sides that saw the other first and shot first usually won.
The USS Reuben James was lost with 114 men on October 31st, 1941. Erich Topp on U-552 did the honors. Japan? That was an economic nobody with...
Another reason for the small escort was the number of fighters per carrier. At Coral Sea it was 21 and 17, at Midway it was 27 and by the time...
Hey! No belittling the USS Missouri! ;) How about another pairing? USS Missouri and USS Cowpens(CVL-25)? Than you have the Mighty Mo and the...
Not obvious is putting it mildly. And by the start of the war the Empire had plenty capital ship but just three fast ones. Germany had two, Italy...
Of course turbo electric though both were heavy.
I didn't say there were no black combat troops, just very, very few given the 'attitudes' of the time.
How could service troops get captured? They are separated from the enemy by their combat troops who were almost 100% "white". There was a black...
Diesel electric propulsion has its advantages but compactness isn't one of them. The USN loooooved DE powet plants(late standard tpye battleships,...
Too different to compare. Even a Type IX is much smaller than a fleet boat while having the same range.
Saratoga could have made it to "Point Luck" in time: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/52380-uss-saratoga-at-midway/?p=576424 And as far as hits by...
Not sure what this one was used for but the Luftwaffe used them as tractors to pull planes.