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The Buffalo's the RAF had from what I remember had literally second hand engines and instead of 1200hp they had like 1,000hp. In hot and humid conditions this is a massive decrease in performance. Even with the loss of power issue the tactics used left the RAF in considerable danger due to it's...

The Me 110 was an attmpt at a long range fast fighter to protect bombers and while it was good against bombers it suffered from being too heavy and lacked the ability to turn with fighters and many other issues. The Me 109 was the smallest airframe possible with the best aerodynamics possible...

Personally I have never understood why the Luftwaffe would not mass produce the heck out of the FW aircraft as they literally had more development potential and better ground performance with less losses on landings etc.

The main reason why the American Carrier groups operated in pairs or alone was the difficulty of controling the resultant force. This is also why even the Japanese used the size of attacking wave they did. it was the inability of controling the force. Radar made the job easier but marshaling...

The original post was a link to a tabloid claiming he thought about turning gay. ie the post was about turning gay. Not going to argue how sexuality works as my understanding is that it's impossible to explain as different for every person due to their feelings and experiences.

With the clear sense of duty with which King Charles has acted throughout his life I have zero doubt he would marry whoever he was told then sire a few children followed by appearing in public to be a happy married man. Having said that I really do not believe in any way shape or form that the...

Nearly all NATO doctrine was about attriting the Soviets through moving ambushes and refusing the set piece battle favoured by Warsaw Pact doctrine. Armoured assaults into a warsaw pact defensive line would be very very expensive due to the equipment the WP forces had and the drastically...

Whats interesting is that the Soviet Artillery would be very effective in blunting any attacks. The Soviet air forces and Warsaw Pact air forces would have a hard time fighting the deep strike Tornado's and F-111's. The F-15 and F-16's would do well wrestling for the control of the air but the...

The decision making process in any modern company follows a degree of importance and authorised level of decision making model. IE: many decisions are made at the low level manager level with written procedures to guide the decions. As the decisions required become more consequential and...

In reality the top people in each Cabinet arm of the various agencies is not critical and apart from saying yes to budget and getting pet projects running they are useless. Here in Australia the effect of the Government is literally to artificially change the money market and cuddle up to the...

Israel has typically acted with a fair amount of restraint in terms of population centres due to the desire not to create a wider war then is happening. Winning on the battlefield is not the same as winning overall. Israel has always wanted to win the peace that follows and as such has acted...

The States can Assign new Senators immediately which means the Government has continuity literally overnight and this is from what I know constitutionally acceptable. As for Congress elections could occur almost immediately and thus within days the Government would be running both legally and...

The anger of the United States would be very bad for anyone that sneezes in their direction. The Russians and Chinese would simply agree to whatever the USA decides to do. One would hope that common sense would limit ROE and potential opponents in some ways. I will note that the US Military...

The Socialist Republic is obviously communist and occupies the least productive lands so famine and industry lacking is going to be typical. The largest harbours and shipyards are all in the South so without massive support a Naval blackade would work. Korea and China will likely not want too...

Context is very important. The evacuation from Dunkirk was sold as a miracle and in many ways it was. However the Heer was overstretched and the pause was primarily to hold the BEF as hostage to negotiate and even without it the numbers evacuated would have been at least 100,000 men. The French...