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Instead of dividing its forces over a huge area, occupying the Philippines, HK and forcing the US into the war, On Dec 7, 1941 Japan invades with overwhelming force Thailand, Malaya-Singapore and Ceylon simultaneously. In 2 weeks Japan sinks most of the eastern fleet and captures large fuel...

For Churchill was a great leader he conceived & ruined the Norwegian campaign but it was Chamberlain who took blame & disdain his huge RN lost a pilot-loaded carrier to Gerry’s few cannon naval & after sinking or damaging most of the few German vessels enemy planes to expel him...

For Churchill was a great leader O'Connor disobeyed timid orders with 36,000 gutsy Indians dashed far beyond Libyan borders & gulped 130,000 Italians with little pomp, few losses & plans. For Churchill was a great leader So he took O'Connor's best troops, sent them to Greece, but oops...

It is unfortunate that this forum does not allow editting after a while. I want to correct a mistake in the production of submachine guns, where I had neglected the 1.5 million Thompsons produced: Guesstimated Submachine gun production: Axis & Finland: Reich 1.6 million, Italy 400,000...

Hi Santro, N1 and N2 refer to rotational speed not to power output or thrust, which is what I am talking about. If you reduce the rotational speed slightly power output drops considerably.

I already answered the first question and I spoke about 3 not 4 engines.

Hi Santro, Of course we are talking only about turbofans, there is no such thing as just turbines, there are turbojets or turboprops or turbofans. We have only talked about turbofans when we refer to turbines. At any altitude, speed, temperature, plane load, etc, a turbine operating at low...

Hi Santro, 1) Making three 50,000 hp lighter than two 100,000 hp engines is a no brainer. 2) Do you unbderstand the fact that while a piston engine is very efficient over a wide range of power settings, a turbine's efficiency drops rapidly as power output decreases? If you do then you will...

Another ironic situation: Mussolini invading Greece at the worst possible time, when he had just dismissed 600,000 reservists to go home for the autumn harvest and lots of troops and vehicles in Libya but in Albania he had just 8 divisions (which had just been reduced from 3 to 2 battallions)...

Hi Chogy, Just because Boeing and Airbus build something does not mean it is the optimum way. Dozens of planes designed and bult by these companies have crashed because of extremely stupid design mistakes and both companies will go bankrupt as soon as Japan or China make the huge investment...

Hi Arsanalaslam, U-1206 it is. Thanks for correcting my mistake. Unfortunately, they don't allow me to edit old posts in this forum, so people will have to read your post to see the correct sub designation.

Perhaps for the same reason that there are millions of thieves, corrupt officers, etc, stealing is just irresistible to some people. War is the ultimate theft. Brits thought that conquering India, dozens of countries in Africa (Cape to Cairo, etc,) and America was their right, just as did...

In 1939 the German industry was under Göring (chief of production) and extremely inefficient, like I said, they ran out of ammunition, they could never up armor their tanks in time (which is more expensive than the 25 mm gun) to defeat both Poland and France. I repeat they lost half the vehicles...

Another ironic situation: Even in 1941 the supposedly high tech and very expensive Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, etc, Had 16 manually fed 37 mm antiaircraft guns firing at a ridiculously low rate, compared to the automatic Bofors 40 mm gun that was in production in 1935. It...

I want to mention the military aviation quote of the century: Göring reassured Hitler that the B-17s did not represent a major threat, since the Americans could only make good refrigerators.

Hello 500, Actually the 25 mm Hotchkiss AT gun was far more mobile than the German units and quite effective on the German tin tanks of 1939. In contrast, the German AT guns were completely ineffective against French and British tanks, which is why Rommel was saved by the 88 mm AA guns in...

High Lemurian, The point is not to appeal to American audiences, but to make Americans realize that WW II was not won as much by allied talent as by the extreme incompetence and lack of coordination of the axis leaders. The UK and USA were caught completely unprepared and were extremely lucky...

Hi Lemurian, I just posted a new thread. It's an idea for a movie. Its title is What if? 1939 I was not offended, merely pointing out that it was neither a theory nor mine. Before the bulge entire panzer divisions were wiped out by planes (and even by the 14" guns of the old Texas...

I think this would make a good movie. 1939 What if? Operations Bismarck, Malted milk, French Toast, Sphinx, Parthia, Morning Tea, Hangover & a Truly Global War. Abstract: in 1938 Abadan, Persia has the largest refinery in the world, capable of...

WW II was decided by planes. The Soviet army had also fought in Poland and Finland and had many veterans from the revolution and internal wars. The French army had many veteran officers from WW I who knew how to fight (including de Gaulle). It was considered the best equipped army in the world...