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  1. Could Operation Rheinubung, the Bismarck raid, have succeeded?

    Bismarck and tirpitz together The home fleet were not sure of the exit into the North Atlantic of Bismarck and PE. They felt that Hood POW and the county cruisers could deal with the threat although they knew it was a risk with Hood's plunging fire vulnerabilities and POW newly commissioned...

  2. Panama Canal during WW2

    Destroying the Panama canal 1941 Q Ship (actually an oil tanker) with a large sealed hold containing 2000 Tons of TNT (any good quality HE mining explosive) + phosphorous and oil/petroleum detonated in the locks will cause lock failure of the gates, the lock itself, the resulting fireball from...

  3. Can Nazi Germany defeat the Soviet Union?

    Control the Oasis and you control the desert. How Germany could have won in Russia What were the Germans strategic objectives? 1. Lebenraum 2. Subjugation of the untermench 3. elimination of key ethnic groups. Operation Barbarossa is designed to secure the Lebensraum. this is a take and hold...

  4. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    On the standard Lancaster, my suspicion is that it could stand up to blast better than the B-29. Some of the things pilots like Micky Martin did with Lancs make a breakaway manoeuvre look tame...! My metal work teacher at school was a flight engineer on Lancasters and I had two relatives...

  5. Why no other customers for A-10 Thunderbolt II?

    Task specific aircraft A10 was a task specific aircraft to address a particular need in a European theatre of operations. Prior to GW1 the US were looking to withdraw the warthog as it was felt it would become too vulnerable to SAM and AAA and replace the tank killing role with Apache. The...

  6. The US develops atomic weaponry in 1943.

    The Avro Lancaster had a bigger single bomb bay than even the B29 (which had two). It also at the end of the war managed to deliver the 22,000 lb grand slam bomb (the heaviest single muniton of the war). The Little Boy /Fat man devices weighed around 10,000lb and were physically smaller than the...

  7. Any Alternative results of Operation Barbarossa?

    What were the Germans strategic objectives? 1. Lebenraum 2. Subjugation of the untermench 3. elimination of key ethnic groups. Operation Barbarossa is designed to secure the Lebensraum. this is a take and hold mission at a strategic level. In order to hold you need to either have...

  8. Any Alternative results of Operation Barbarossa?

    Germany win by causing regime change in USSR The key to maintaining a fighting presence in the western USSR in 1941 was retaining MOSCOW. The movement of logistical supplies from the East to the west Hubbed through Moscow and thus south east south west etc from there. If the German army...

  9. What would be the world reaction to a Soviet nuclear strike on Iran, 1985?

    SLBM ? No use an SS-20 If the Soviets want to vaporise Qom then an SS-20 (one or more) would be the way to go. Their strategic missile fleet boats and Rocket forces in the fixed land based silos are un-necessary for this role and would provide valuable intelligence to the US on their...

  10. Plausibility check: All or most Jews sent to Madagascar?

    Maybe if the Germans have elected to expel rather than exterminate the Jews of Europe then a relatively small staging area is required. Requisitioned ships of 1940's design (merchant ships) would only support 500-1000 people in squalid conditions for the 10 week journey to Madagascar. These...

  11. Axis technologies the Allies didn't have

    Germans had the MG 42 Section support belt fed machine gun MG 42 was probably the best mobile infantry support belt fed machine gun of the war and formed the design basis for the M60 and the GPMG which are both still used today. Its rate of fire was if anything probably too high but in a well...

  12. Which one contribute more to the Allied war effort: France, Canada, Poland, or China?

    POLAND Biggest contributor Biggest contributor has to be Poland. It was the polish engineers who escaped with a Lorenz enigma and allowed the British to break the German secure code. ULTRA provided massive amounts of strategic intel which is regarded as shortening the war by 12-18 months

  13. Is artillery too ordinary and boring?

    Artillery is not boring Artillery during and since WW1 has developed into a key part of an armies ability to attack or defend an enemy. Unlike Tanks which have become 10 times faster, more protected, able to first round kill beyond 2 miles whilst moving etc field artillery shell size has not...

  14. WI: No Battle of Britain

    No battle of Britain Germany does not invade the low countries but sits behind the Siegfied line watching the French sit behind the maginot line. The result is an armed truce. Germany in Spring 1941 launches Barbarossa with all its available LW and military might against the USSR (a country who...

  15. WI:Chinese Passenger Jet hit by NK Missile?

    Boeing 777 Hijacked and flown to an undisclosed location option 1 The aircraft has been hijacked by one or both of the aircrew who 1.Disabled the oxygen (emergency system) 2. Allowed the cabin to depressurise causing the oxygen masks to drop but with the system switched off causes...

  16. WI: Hitler Does Not Invade the USSR But Annexes African Colonies Instead

    Valid information regarding the Med. Hitler invites himself into Spain with Franco promising Franco Gibralter, and a free run in Morocco. Phase 1 The Germans close off the Western Med. and force troop convoys heading around Africa to divert into mid Atlantic to avoid Uboats stationed at...

  17. How long could WW3 last without nukes?

    WW3 How long would it last The only war that has been fought with sides armed with equipment similar to that of WP and NATO kit was the Iran Iraq war. This lasted 9 years and whilst the quality of those combatants and quantity of kit is significantly different from GSFG and CENTAG forces there...

  18. AHC: F-18L More Popular

    Britains AD requirement in the 1960's-80's The tornado was developed as a multi role combat aircraft and as such was and is a compromise. If Britain go to buy aircraft from the US to meet the UK AD requirement then they can look at F14 with Phoenix to operate out of North Scotland to run CAP...

  19. Alternative Allied Tank Busters

    in OTL, P-47 pilots score some knockout success by ricocheting their 8x .50s into the undercarriage of Panthers and tigers, which penetrated and then killed the crew. The sheer weight of metal from 8 .50s at the merge point was enough to go through weak top/underside armor. at the merge point...

  20. Caucasus 1942: Was it possible?

    Mobile defence and attack is the key The German forces were at their most successful when allowed freedom to manouvere. As soon as they became static they became vulnerable to a soviet counter attack. Soviet forces throughout the war preferred set piece battle with little room for initative...
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