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- Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:49 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Nuclear powered Battleship?
- Replies: 187
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NUCLEAR BATTLESHIP
How many BBs were sunk in WW2. Today a BB is a sitting duck. It might be able to withstand a terrorist attack, but that would probaly be its only advantage over modern naval ships.
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:15 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Spain allies with Axis, takes Gibraltar, seals off Mediter
- Replies: 44
- Views: 19252
Spain allies with axis
After Dunkirk and the fall of France, England had to worry about a cross channel invasion. Its very survival was in doubt. Spain had a battlehardened army of over 3 million. The Gibraltar of 1940 would not have lasted very long against the weapons of that time as it had 150 years earlier. England wo...
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:57 am
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest admiral of all time
- Replies: 219
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worlds greatest admiral
Yamamoto said after being compared to Yi Son Shin, that he would agree to be compared to Nelson, but nobody could be compared to Yi Son Shin. Over a 10 year period at the end of the 16th century, Yi defeated an overwhelming Japonese naval force to save the Korean nation. He never lost a battle in pr...
- Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:14 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Spain allies with Axis, takes Gibraltar, seals off Mediter
- Replies: 44
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Spain allies with axis
The guns on top of Gibratar could sink any surface ship entering the Mediterranean. The axis would not need to use much resources to control or defend it. English resupply of Egypt around the tip of Africa would have been vunerable and impractical.
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:29 pm
- Forum: Naval History in General
- Topic: Greatest admiral of all time
- Replies: 219
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worlds greatest admiral
yi son shin: He never lost a battle even though he was always out numbered. In one battle he defeated a japanese fleet of over 600 with just 13 of his own.
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:18 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Spain allies with Axis, takes Gibraltar, seals off Mediter
- Replies: 44
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Spain allies with Axis, takes Gibraltar, seals off Mediter
Spain has a 3 1/2 million man veteran army. Sells its steel to axis instead of England. Captures gibraltar in 1 week. helps occupy France and North Africa , mediterranean is an axis lake, Suez falls, India falls, Western and Eastern Axis armies and navies link up.