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  1. Why are Sealion threads so hated on this site?

    Apparently the barges are going to reach the beaches, unload, and be back in France before sun up. What could go wrong?

  2. Why are Sealion threads so hated on this site?

    The British could equip 10 divisions after Dunkirk. By October this had increased to about 25. Pretty sure they are going to handle a few bedraggled German infantry divisions without artillery or armour, trapped on the beaches without supplies of any equipment.

  3. Why are Sealion threads so hated on this site?

    Pretty sure destroyers are designed to destroy littoral shipping. 37 destroyers sortie. Lets say 30 get to the German fleet (and I use fleet advisedly). They have 4-8 mostly 120mm QF guns. Lets say 6. 30*6=180. 180*10/12 shots a minute, so 1800 shots a minute. (Plus torpedoes, other guns etc) I...

  4. Why are Sealion threads so hated on this site?

    Not really no. In both cases the invader had total naval supremacy. They could supply their forces at will. The Germans don't and can't. You are assuming the barges can sail over the channel, drop their troops and supplies off, sail back, repeat, over and over again. This despite the fact they...

  5. Why are Sealion threads so hated on this site?

    The carrying capacity to transport 11 divisions, never mind supply them, or any reinforcements, did not exist. For the scenario to work the Germans therefore have to cross the channel, land and then immediately march on London, facing no resistance, whereupon the British surrender. This is...

  6. What if the Star Wars Prequels were never made?

    It depends. I think its worth pointing out that the Star Wars special editions released in 1997 smashed all box office expectations and dominated cinemas for about two months (never mind the massive amount of merchandise and subsequent video sales). Now in part this was drumming up enthusiasm...

  7. 2015: Labour hires Crosby

    I think going after Cameron would be a mistake. At the time polls suggested he was more popular than his party. As a scalp he is a big gain - but a difficult one. Unfortunately I feel "guy who clearly doesn't give a toss about football pretends to like football and cocks it up" isn't much of a...

  8. WI: George Lucas Makes Sequels to Star Wars Instead of Prequels in the 1990's?

    I guess it depends on why you dislike the prequels. Will there be a Jar Jar? Probably - but the idea that Jar Jar killed the prequels is silly. He is barely there after the first and in many ways the first is the film with the fewest problems. The issue with the prequels was that the story...

  9. The fate of Star Wars if the Cold War had not ended?

    Same. It made reading the OP quite a strange experience.

  10. AHC: British authoritarianism after 1945

    I wonder if anyone has done an analysis drawing parallels between the collapse of the USSR and Rangers. To go forward with the football there is a clear change in mindset. I would quite like Villa to win the FA Cup by defeating everyone 10-0. I don't think that is going to happen though. What...

  11. AHC: British authoritarianism after 1945

    Because most people in the UK didn't especially care about the colonies. They were not what made Britain wealthy, successful and relevant rather they were the consequence of her wealth, her success and he power. (Whether this is factually accurate is debatable but it was believed then and plenty...

  12. Britian lets Sealion happen

    I don't see how you can hold these conflicting view points. I agree that the operation would be pointless because destroying a mere 5 divisions in the grand scheme of WW2 wouldn't do anything. I don't however see how you draw the conclusion that this handful of divisions posed even a...

  13. Things Can Only Get Bitter

    Not really sure. Leaving aside seats the Tories will get 30-35 percent. Unless the lib dems get eaten up (which seems unlikely) labour and liberty would have only 40-45 percent between them (and probably less). Throw in the consequences of fptp and it's hard to see how you avoid splitting the...

  14. WI: No Goldeneye 007

    Erm.. why? Its a bit like saying "if someone hadn't invented the wheel, it might never have been invented". Sure I guess that could happen but it seems incredibly unlikely. As you say there were FPS games out on the PC and while I would argue GoldenEye pre-dates the the golden era of PC FPS...

  15. Italy goes Allied

    At the initial level is there any reason to believe an Italian offensive into Austria would be any more effective than the Italian offensive into France? I don't know how many (if any?) troops Germany had on that border. Presumably though if this is all up in the air as the POD would have...

  16. AHC: Britain goes Japanese

    I am not entirely sure. People at the time had fears. Advocates of Napoleon's Continental System (then and up to the present day) have argued that it was the only thing that prevented all of Europe's manufacturing base being wiped out by a tide of cheap British imports. There were also Russians...

  17. The Communists lost, the Nationalists won: Better fate for Russia and China?

    Russia would have been better off. I don't really know enough about China to comment but I suspect it would have been.

  18. Germany does..... nothing!

    Germany scales back military production and puts it into domestic production. I don't see why this would result in a catastrophe. German industry was more than capable of building cars instead of tanks, machine tools rather than guns. If they do not plan to fight a major war there is less need...

  19. How would you have handled Versailles?

    Give France a border on the Rhine. Problem solved.

  20. The Royal Navy vs. the IJN, 1940

    Lets say the Japanese take Singapore and the rest. They take Burma as per OTL. What stops the British building overwhelming superiority in India and the Indian Ocean untill such time they are able to push on and drive the Japanese back? Its not terribly pleasant but you can essentially get to...
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