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- Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:11 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Hitler had started WW2 in 1943?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11062
OK. Let´s see the contenders first: Great Britain, as long as she remains under Chamberlain or any pacifist would not move against Nazi Germany while she didn´t invade another country. Because of it´s own internal policies the Brits would be slow in their arms construction program, specially the ve...
- Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:02 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest warship of all time
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21648
RF: Warspite and Hood both had very long service records, Warspite was always in situations her commander and firepower could handle. Unlike Hood who was drawn against Bismarck. In every sense Warspite´s history is one full of commitments, action, danger and achievement. I agree that fate put Hood ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:54 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Waffen SS and Kriegsmarine
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8034
The Yamashita case was one of victors revenge, which frequently happens to losers in war, if they are caught. Had Germany won, expect Churchill, Eden, Vansittart, Harris, Vian to be put on trial - Harris for bombing German cities, Vian for violating Norwegian neutrality in boarding Altmark etc. Vict...
- Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:34 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Waffen SS and Kriegsmarine
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8034
To put it briefly and in very simple terms of what was a very complex case, Donitz was tried on the grounds that he ordered U-boats not to pick up survivors as part of ''no unnecessary risks'' under pressure from Hitler. The Allied prosecution tried to interpret this as an order to ''kill survivors'...
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:37 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: A new and very interesting page
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3404
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:35 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Steve Irwin
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5041
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:32 pm
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Oslo Fjord and the sinking of Blücher
- Replies: 14
- Views: 41199
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:28 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4351
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:15 pm
- Forum: Naval Technology
- Topic: Warship watches
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17068
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:12 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: What if Hood hadn't blown up?
- Replies: 172
- Views: 49128
It would have been interesting if the two British ships had sighted Bismarck while POW was in the lead, as I would imagine Holland would have engaged immediately with POW not only ahead of Hood but also out of line as well, which would make German gunnery more difficult. I wonder how that would have...
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:32 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: The most successful and most unsuccessful Warships
- Replies: 150
- Views: 116079
hey.... as i think u are interested in Hilfkreuzer n all.... how would u assess the success of the surface riders (including armed cruisers, and pocketbattleships) in WW1 compared to WW 2??? which ships were outstanding? i do believe Pinguin had the highest tonnage sinking?? adios miro If you inclu...
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:10 am
- Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
- Topic: Waffen SS and Kriegsmarine
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8034
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:05 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Strasbourg had a lucky hit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4351
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:57 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Dunkerque vs. Scharnhorst
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13238
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:46 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: What if Hitler had started WW2 in 1943?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11062
What if Hitler had started WW2 in 1943?
Karl in another topic has suggested that a sea-power savvy Hitler would have waited until 1943 to start WW2, with a far stronger German surface fleet, not to mention many U-boats. Was this a realistic proposition? Would a far stronger surface fleet have succeeded? And what about the Soviet Union wit...