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...
How quick/slow would the flow of information go from Regulus back to Singagpore and on to London? (I haven't a clue)
If Winston beats other communications to the punch with FDR, Winston can "gild the lily" a bit to help sell British countermeasures. Not enough spin, so that later facts...
At this point, how close to OTL course is this version of Force Z? Plus, there's more ships than OTL, correct? And in theory, weather permitting, there's at least the prospect of friendly air cover.
Love this one too ! So many good additions and retentions. I particularly like the limitations of power expressed by the King of the Dead. Their overwhelmingly invincible appearance at the Pelennor Fields took on a Deus Ex Machina impact in the movie.
How neutral? Strict neutrality, with no trade going between the US and any warring party? The US manufacturing and financial communities wouldn't have been keen on that, just as they were OTL.
I don't know if this paraphrase is used outside of the US: "You need to know when to fish, or to cut bait".
Lord Gort made the correct "cut bait" call in France, even though it was held against him at the time. Now, he may get to make the call to "fish".