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Post by spanishspy on Jun 1, 2016 6:33:12 GMT
Unless WW II takes a dramatic turn then OTL i see no real reason why the US should get the Azores. Neither can I, frankly. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 1, 2016 13:43:44 GMT
Unless WW II takes a dramatic turn then OTL i see no real reason why the US should get the Azores. Neither can I, frankly. I would think that the US getting the hand on Iceland or Greenland is more realistic and worth it then the Azores Islands |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 3, 2016 3:23:25 GMT
I would think that the US getting the hand on Iceland or Greenland is more realistic and worth it then the Azores Islands They could be used as missile bases to attack the Soviet Union by flying over the Arctic. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 3, 2016 8:20:47 GMT
I would think that the US getting the hand on Iceland or Greenland is more realistic and worth it then the Azores Islands They could be used as missile bases to attack the Soviet Union by flying over the Arctic. And the Azores Islands can be used to plug in the Mediterranean shut for any Soviet submarine, but it seems the US has a base on the Azores Islands. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 18:13:53 GMT
They could be used as missile bases to attack the Soviet Union by flying over the Arctic. And the Azores Islands can be used to plug in the Mediterranean shut for any Soviet submarine, but it seems the US has a base on the Azores Islands. That link simply goes to this thread. Did you mean to link elsewhere? |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2016 18:16:42 GMT
And the Azores Islands can be used to plug in the Mediterranean shut for any Soviet submarine, but it seems the US has a base on the Azores Islands. That link simply goes to this thread. Did you mean to link elsewhere? Yes, this is the link i am talking about United States Forces Azores. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 18:18:27 GMT
That link simply goes to this thread. Did you mean to link elsewhere? Yes, this is the link i am talking about United States Forces Azores. It doesn't list an establishment date; I would assume it was during the Cold War. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2016 18:25:22 GMT
It doesn't list an establishment date; I would assume it was during the Cold War. Somewhere round 1950 to 1953 what i can find on the net. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 18:26:05 GMT
It doesn't list an establishment date; I would assume it was during the Cold War. Somewhere round 1950 to 1953 what i can find on the net. Makes sense, given rising tensions between East and West. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2016 18:28:56 GMT
Somewhere round 1950 to 1953 what i can find on the net. Makes sense, given rising tensions between East and West. So we can come to the conclusion, unless the United States is planning to activate War Plan Gray, there is no reason for them to invade the Azores Islands. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 18:58:12 GMT
Makes sense, given rising tensions between East and West. So we can come to the conclusion, unless the United States is planning to activate War Plan Gray, there is no reason for them to invade the Azores Islands. I'd say that's fair. |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2016 19:02:08 GMT
So we can come to the conclusion, unless the United States is planning to activate War Plan Gray, there is no reason for them to invade the Azores Islands. I'd say that's fair. I was thinking and it is in the ASB section, what if Germany bought the Azores Islands as payment for aiding the winning side in lets say after the Portuguese civil War broke out which latter joined with the Spanish Civil War resulting in the Great iberia War, Germany build the Azores Islands up to a large base like the Channel islands before in 1942 it is invaded by the United States-United kingdom. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 19:03:54 GMT
I was thinking and it is in the ASB section, what if Germany bought the Azores Islands as payment for aiding the winning side in lets say after the Portuguese civil War broke out which latter joined with the Spanish Civil War resulting in the Great iberia War, Germany build the Azores Islands up to a large base like the Channel islands before in 1942 it is invaded by the United States-United kingdom. I suppose, but wouldn't German submarines make it harder to launch an invasion in the first place? |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2016 19:09:55 GMT
I was thinking and it is in the ASB section, what if Germany bought the Azores Islands as payment for aiding the winning side in lets say after the Portuguese civil War broke out which latter joined with the Spanish Civil War resulting in the Great iberia War, Germany build the Azores Islands up to a large base like the Channel islands before in 1942 it is invaded by the United States-United kingdom. I suppose, but wouldn't German submarines make it harder to launch an invasion in the first place? It would be like Iwo Jima or a Okinawa landing i think, hard but not impossible. |
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Post by spanishspy on Jun 5, 2016 19:10:59 GMT
I suppose, but wouldn't German submarines make it harder to launch an invasion in the first place? It would be like Iwo Jima or a Okinawa landing i think, hard but not impossible. Did the Japanese have that kind of submarine deployment in that area? |
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