Hitler's Secret Attack on America

Buddahaid · 02-08-14, 03:10 AM

OK, but if the Japanese had kept Guadalcanal and captured New Guinea, Australia would have been isolated and the Pacific war quite different, perhaps a loss with Australia eventually starved out. No US, or British war supply would have made the country's prospects in the long term questionable at least. Certainly not a base for sustained aggression in the short term.

In the Atlantic, you also had the power struggle of the Army Air Force and Navy over control of long range aircraft and they're mission objectives, and the presidential backing of the inexpensive PC-461 class which were useless for convoy work but built in large numbers anyway. King was in a tough spot and I think he did quite well given the circumstances.

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,327 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	OK, but if the Japanese had kept Guadalcanal and captured New Guinea, Australia would have been isolated and the Pacific war quite different, perhaps a loss with Australia eventually starved out. No US, or British war supply would have made the country's prospects in the long term questionable at least. Certainly not a base for sustained aggression in the short term. In the Atlantic, you also had the power struggle of the Army Air Force and Navy over control of long range aircraft and they're mission objectives, and the presidential backing of the inexpensive PC-461 class which were useless for convoy work but built in large numbers anyway. King was in a tough spot and I think he did quite well given the circumstances. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie