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Post by whiteshore on Jul 9, 2016 3:12:42 GMT
Was IJN Yakumo among those IJN warships which survived the war (she survived historically)?
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 8:57:51 GMT
Was IJN Yakumo among those IJN warships which survived the war (she survived historically)? The timeline is still work in progress but i can tell you Japanese cruiser Yakumo was decommissioned in favor of new cruisers before the start of the war. |
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Post by whiteshore on Jul 9, 2016 12:04:08 GMT
Considering Yakumo (and the Izumos) were used as training ships, were more Katori-class light cruisers built?
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 12:08:05 GMT
Considering Yakumo (and the Izumos) were used as training ships, were more Katori-class light cruisers built? Yes, the Imperial Japanese Navy focused on big guns followed by Carriers and modern escorts like cruisers and destroyers. |
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Post by whiteshore on Jul 9, 2016 12:14:28 GMT
So, the state of what was left of the IJN by August 1945?
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 12:16:19 GMT
So, the state of what was left of the IJN by August 1945? I am sorry but real life is getting in the way, i promise i will do it someday but it is not a easy thing to do as there are so many ships that i need to check. |
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Post by whiteshore on Jul 9, 2016 12:17:08 GMT
Well, you can just give numbers initially of what warships were afloat first?
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 12:31:24 GMT
Well, you can just give numbers initially of what warships were afloat first? Well i can go by case by case base, there are still ships i have to add to the timeline bu i can say that the following where sunk. Imperial Japanese Navy Shinano-class aircraft carrier Shinano and Shinano class aircraft carrier, Aratama where sunk during the Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944). Kii-class battleships Kij, Awa, Owari and Osumi sunk between 1942 to 1945. Amagi-class battlecruiser Amagi sunk at the Naval Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27 March 1943). |
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Post by whiteshore on Jul 9, 2016 12:35:41 GMT
Maybe CV Katsuragi and CL Sakawa were among those warships which survived the war?
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 12:41:42 GMT
Maybe CV Katsuragi and CL Sakawa were among those warships which survived the war? No all remaining aircraft carriers where sunk during the last ride of the Imperial Japanese navy at the Naval Battle of Kyūshū on November 7th 1945 when they tried to stop the American, British, French and Commonwealth (Australia ,New Zeeland and Canada) invasion fleet from starting Operation Olympic. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 9, 2016 16:30:06 GMT
Maybe CV Katsuragi and CL Sakawa were among those warships which survived the war? No all remaining aircraft carriers where sunk during the last ride of the Imperial Japanese navy at the Naval Battle of Kyūshū on November 7th 1945 when they tried to stop the American, British, French and Commonwealth (Australia ,New Zeeland and Canada) invasion fleet from starting Operation Olympic. That implies that something, possibly all the resources sunk into extra ships, delayed the development of the western nuclear weapons programme else I suspect Japan would have suffered at least a couple of cases of 'instant sunshine' by then. |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 16:59:13 GMT
No all remaining aircraft carriers where sunk during the last ride of the Imperial Japanese navy at the Naval Battle of Kyūshū on November 7th 1945 when they tried to stop the American, British, French and Commonwealth (Australia ,New Zeeland and Canada) invasion fleet from starting Operation Olympic. That implies that something, possibly all the resources sunk into extra ships, delayed the development of the western nuclear weapons programme else I suspect Japan would have suffered at least a couple of cases of 'instant sunshine' by then. Yes in this universe the naval buildup in all countries delayed the development of nuclear weapons by several years. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 9, 2016 17:43:13 GMT
That implies that something, possibly all the resources sunk into extra ships, delayed the development of the western nuclear weapons programme else I suspect Japan would have suffered at least a couple of cases of 'instant sunshine' by then. Yes in this universe the naval buildup in all countries delayed the development of nuclear weapons by several years. Well that is bad for the allied forces doing the landings and very, very bad for the Japanese population. |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 9, 2016 17:52:01 GMT
Yes in this universe the naval buildup in all countries delayed the development of nuclear weapons by several years. Well that is bad for the allied forces doing the landings and very, very bad for the Japanese population. Well it also still would be bad for the allied forces doing the landings and the Japanese population if there where nuclear weapons available. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 9, 2016 22:15:37 GMT
Well that is bad for the allied forces doing the landings and very, very bad for the Japanese population. Well it also still would be bad for the allied forces doing the landings and the Japanese population if there where nuclear weapons available. Provided the result was the same as OTL, i.e. only 1-2 needed and an opposed invasion avoided then it would save a hell of a lot of lives. |
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