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by US as a part of global US master plan to eliminate British Empire as a global power?<br/>
(In this part of a plan IJN had to turn vs Brits in Pacific and Inda and had to lose the war with US thus replacing British influence with US power ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: John Lansford<br/>
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You've got to deduct out the airstrip and supply dumps from that 2/3 of a square mile though, and unless that garrison is building multistory homes then they are far more spread out than a city with 40,000 people living in it. I'm just ...

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Soldier with Dutch Mannlicher 1895 (cavalry) carbine No.1

That I could believe. Most Japanese-made rifles look much cruder than that.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Frank<br/>
No. Looking at USN abilities to hunt down German subs in the atlantic at this time, they are MUCH to good in AE.[:D]
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True. The had the equipment, but the doctrine was outdated. Of course, in the case of Japan ...

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hmm one hex is 40 square miles? Do not you think that the probability of mass killing by bombing is negligible?
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Perhaps if my bombardment TF had ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Adnan Meshuggi<br/>
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if the dutch surrender completely the Japanese could "buy" the dutch colonies.<br/>

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Buy them from whom? The Dutch who were living in them? Buy them with what? What little the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: xj900uk<br/>
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IMO Japan's greatest ever mistake was to attack PH in the first place - Yamamoto knew it was a strategic mistake, and he was right.
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: topeverest<br/>
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As far as the Jap bickering. Lets not forget the Macarthur / Nimitz skirmishes. Fundementally the major arguments they had were the same arguments had in Jap high command - who gets to control the war - the Navy or the Army. The real ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: xj900uk<br/>
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2b honest though, in real life the Dutch troops in the DEI werren't that much opposition - they were largely swept aside by the Japanese forces even quicker than the British were in Malaya and southern Burma. And Doorman's (on paper) powerful ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Miller<br/>
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One thing desperately needed is a "Send all pilots to group/general reserve" button. Its murder when you have to do 60 mouse clicks to transfer 30 pilots to reserve[:@]
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58<br/>
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There were fewer escorts sunk in 1942 because of several variables. There were fewer subs on patrol. The torpedoes didn't work. Many of the pre-war COs were too cautious, and were relieved, but not until they'd made a couple of patrols ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: bklooste<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Question is, has anybody experienced similar results to Canoerebel? This is important because there has to be a definitive pattern.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>

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Yes. I suffered the loss of 5 ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: fflaguna<br/>
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It is only Dec. 15th in my PBEM. I noticed several days ago on Dec. 10th that I was already having trouble keeping track of all the convoys coming and going, so I decided to start a text file with a lot of notes and see where that gets me ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: dwg<br/>
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Nor were the Germans alone in producing large calibre siege pieces, and we can validly argue for one of them to appear in game <E>;)</E> The US planned to deploy the 914mm Little David mortar during Operation Downfall for use against heavy ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: mdiehl<br/>
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Scholl is correct. Indeed the basic problem with the whole "why force someone to achieve historical results" is this. Historically, Japan was mobilized (to the extent it could be) for a war for which it had well developed operational plans ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Dili<br/>
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It was emplyed in naval search, besides it doesn't have a big range.
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Yes..., and B-17's pioneered the art of "skip bombing"! Would you like to see 200 of them headed towards KB at 100 feet? [8|]<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Panther Bait<br/>
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I think I have seen posts from the devs where bomb hits against belt armor are intended to represent near misses that are close enough to "buckle plates". Supposedly they have the chance to cause minor flooding. Or at least they did in ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: John Lansford<br/>
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Every time I see a "1000 lb bomb hit on belt armor" message when one of my DB's attacks a cruiser or CV I cringe, knowing it's going to be a wasted hit. I guess those are supposed to be the near misses that take place, because a DB ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Chris H<br/>
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Would this make a good scenario?
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Could be if done right. Japan goes to war against the Commonwealth and the Dutch, with all US assets considered neutral and untouchable. Japan may declare war on the US ...