More "tooth" and "tail" to this universe's Commonwealth Air Force. The historical and AH construction crews and radar teams will be far busier than they anticipated.
A off-tangent question: did the Blenheims rigged as night fighters have sufficient speed to intercept the Japanese bombers, even...
No. If there were a non-Wilson President from 1912 on, then some of Elihu Root's earlier suggested reforms of the US Army might have made more impact, even in compromise form. Those reforms were more to modernizing the top brass administration and forming the onset of a true General Staff...
Wasn't the biggest issue for financial growth the limit of native industrial resources, such as petroleum, iron ore, coal and other materials? They would need some skillful diplomacy to gain safe and sustainable access to those type of resources. Libyan oil was a potential, but needed some...
The previous post (about airfields) gives me the impression that the Northern perimeter is more advanced, the middle ground of Malaya is much more of a work in progress, and that the Southern Malaya and Singapore heartland is the most developed. Is that fairly accurate? If so, those relative...
If the forward based Commonwealth aircraft can get into action, without much destruction on the ground, two beneficial possibilities come to mind: [1] damage to the japanese invasion fleet and [2] Japanese air commanders would be faced with potentially diluting their air power to meet...
Italian Campaign - 1943-1944
Much of this volume covers Operations Avalanche and Slapstick and the succeeding breakouts from the beachheads and the push North. The success of coalition warfare between General Harold Alexander and General Lucian Truscott* was evident through mutual supporting...
MN Strasbourg vs KMS Graf Spee
Covering the 1939 duel between the two warships South of the Cape Verde Islands, that resulted in the sinking of the Graf Spee.
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US Navy operations against Spain - 1898
Covering the Battle of Manila Bay, embargo of Cuba, the Battle of Santiago...
Widmark would have been great in that role. I could also see Widmark replacing Alan Ladd in Shane, or William Holden in Stalag 17. Based on his earlier works as a villain, viewers would be in doubt about the nature of Widmark's charachter, until farther into the movie.
Widmark could have...
I believe these boats were mentioned much earlier, but I don't remember if there was an intended purpose for them in Singapore/Malaya. What is their intended use?
I saw the movie in the theater back in the 90's, but not since. I remember that it was a really good movie too. A Red Death is the next book in the series and it's basic premise should translate well to a movie. No clue who should be cast though. If you need to keep Denzel as Easy Rawlins...
There was a fleet excercise done in the late 30's showing Pearl Harbor's vulnerability to (Japanese) carrier attack. I believe that excercise was run by Admiral Richardson, the same leader who was so adamantly against moving the bulk of the US battlefleet from the West Coast to Pearl Harbor...