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  1. The IJN's July 1942 Reorganization: What if they had doubled down on the Kido-Butai strategy instead?

    We know what happened. In April 1942 Yamamoto conceived of a plan to crush the US carrier fleet, allowing the IJN total aerial domination in most places of the Pacific at least to the end of 1943. Nagumo's Kido Butai, four carriers strong, then went to Midway in June and all four of these...

  2. What if Mitsuo Fuchida's account of the bombing of the Akagi was true?

    Anyone that knows the Battle of Midway knows the story. Mitsuo Fuchida, veteran, air commander, survivor of the battles of Japan's 1st Air Fleet, wrote a book in 1949 introducing the Japanese people to the 'truth' about the defeat at Midway. In this account Fuchida stated that the American...

  3. What if Mitsuo Fuchida leads the attack on Midway Island on June 4th 1942?

    We all know the story. When Nagumo's Kido Butai departs Japan, shortly after leaving port, unexpectedly the fleet's combat air commander Fuchida came down with appendicitis and had to undergo surgery aboard Akagi, which also happened to be the fleet's hospital ship. By the morning of the...

  4. IJN offensive towards Hawaii December 1941-Feb 1942

    Last year I puttered between Japanese TROMs and the Niehorster Orbat site to compose a picture of the Japanese opening offensive up to May 1942, both in terms of shipping as well as army unit movements. The data collected was not perfect - there are big gaps in the records for transport...

  5. An Alternative German Naval Strategy for 1914

    I got interested in designing a World War One strategic naval wargame - something playable in about 4-5 hours not including setup, but despite being quickly playable, had high piece density (all battleships and armored cruisers and all theatres of war are represented, with the game running from...

  6. IJN Carrier attack on Hawaii - January 1942. Wargame for thread in progress.

    A while back (maybe late June) there was a discussion here on the possibility of Kido Butai returning to attack Hawaii in early 1942 instead of joining in with the Southern Operation. At the time we decided to conduct a wargame to test the premise. Kevin Faber volunteered to be the IJN, Michael...
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