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How do you.. Raid bases with supplies!? ... Or are thsoe your bases?
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May 7, 2019 04:32
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Yeah those are his bases that haven't had any major forces based out of them or seen any combat but have been receiving supply shipments for the entire war so now they're giant stockpiles of fuel and supplies that he can divert to places that actually need them.
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May 7, 2019 05:01
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hailthefish posted:Yeah those are his bases that haven't had any major forces based out of them or seen any combat but have been receiving supply shipments for the entire war so now they're giant stockpiles of fuel and supplies that he can divert to places that actually need them. ... So basically when he gets there the allies are going to start landing base forces there purely to contest them?
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May 7, 2019 05:57
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150k supplies and fuel, level 3 port. It's going to take weeks / months to clean that out.
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May 7, 2019 06:09
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wedgekree posted:How do you.. Raid bases with supplies!? I think he means "raid" them as in grabbing all the stuff inside for use by the rest of the empire.
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May 7, 2019 06:38
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I love the idea of some low ranking military bureaucrat standing alone on an atoll with a clipboard and a mountain of oil barrels behind him. He notes the latest shipment has arrived on time. He does not question. He is content with his job.
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May 7, 2019 06:40
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I bet the army messed with the navy's paperwork so that they would always have a secret stash for their aerial and water units. 
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May 7, 2019 06:45
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Grumio posted:I love the idea of some low ranking military bureaucrat standing alone on an atoll with a clipboard and a mountain of oil barrels behind him. He said 'just one'. THere may be others as well.
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May 7, 2019 07:00
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Grumio posted:I love the idea of some low ranking military bureaucrat standing alone on an atoll with a clipboard and a mountain of oil barrels behind him. Then, from across the seas he hears the thumping of drums, heavy metal music fills the air, and a convoy of ships comes in, full speed, starving soldiers hanging from the sides, screaming "supplies".
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May 7, 2019 08:05
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Grey Hunter posted:Then, from across the seas he hears the thumping of drums, heavy metal music fills the air, and a convoy of ships comes in, full speed, starving soldiers hanging from the sides, screaming "supplies". 
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May 7, 2019 13:43
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Grey Hunter posted:Then, from across the seas he hears the thumping of drums, heavy metal music fills the air, and a convoy of ships comes in, full speed, starving soldiers hanging from the sides, screaming "supplies". (Japanese raiding fleet, late 1946, colorized) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoSLZP0e-M4 The Chad Jihad fucked around with this message at 14:59 on May 7, 2019 |
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May 7, 2019 14:56
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Danann posted:I bet the army messed with the navy's paperwork so that they would always have a secret stash for their aerial and water units. "We cannot allow these supplies to fall into Naval hands...they would only squander them!" Gen. Tojo nods sagely.
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May 7, 2019 15:59
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   Wait, this is the wrong way around!  Phew! For a second I thought I'd woken up in a evil parallel universe where the Allies were competent and winning the war!  But no, it was just my guys after that convoy.   My god, they finally targetted the runway!   Another day of 2:1 losses for the allies.
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May 8, 2019 04:07
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  At least we saw the ship today.   Double kill! S-S-S-SUPERKILL!!!!  The wall of death goes into action again.  Almost evens on the combat losses today. 
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May 9, 2019 04:40
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Are the superforts just flying that low, or are all of your flak guns on a mountain?
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May 9, 2019 05:14
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7 May 1945 In addition to the aforementioned Norwegian-manned minesweeper that was the final loss to direct action in the European theater, the German minesweeper M-22 is scuttled in the Kiel Canal. Meanwhile, a carrier raid on Japan claims the minelayer Nuwashima and the minesweeper W-29. 8 May 1945 Happy VE Day!
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May 9, 2019 05:27
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  Just when I thought I'd won with these guys – and to add insult to injury, their not even targetting shipping!  Another kill to the pile.  The Bettys still can't hit that ship.  Their return strike goes as well as they normally do.  This is an almost respectable showing!  Right, that's it, the carriers are going out and heading towards Tarawa to see what I can find in that direction. Death most likely, but whose?
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May 9, 2019 18:15
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Looking forward to achieving that decisive battle! ... in 1945
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May 9, 2019 18:40
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Grey Hunter posted:Death most likely, but whose? A limitless pile of Warhawks and Helldivers if the previous carrier battles are anything to go by
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May 9, 2019 18:41
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mercenarynuker posted:Are the superforts just flying that low, or are all of your flak guns on a mountain?
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May 9, 2019 20:02
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9 May 1945 The Okinawa meatgrinder grinds on, damaging the DEs Oberrender and England beyond repair. In Europe, mines remain a constant danger as HMS Prompt is seriously damaged while sweeping near Ostend.
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May 10, 2019 02:08
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  Just hit it! Once!  Here we go again.  5 planes destroyed on the ground, that would have been interesting to be told about.
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May 11, 2019 05:52
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:9 May 1945 I assume the civilian danger was reduced to nill because who would want to fish in contested waters during WW2, but how many civilian vessels struck mines after the war? It seems like the entire european coast was riddled with them
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May 11, 2019 12:39
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Mans posted:I assume the civilian danger was reduced to nill because who would want to fish in contested waters during WW2, but how many civilian vessels struck mines after the war? It seems like the entire european coast was riddled with them WWII was a awful, tragic event for people all over the planet, but the 5 year break in commercial fishing was excellent for the ocean's ecosystem.
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May 11, 2019 15:08
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  A useful night raid for the Allies.  She's on her way home, but we finally hit her!  Lunga gets hit hard.  Okay, now I know where the ground losses came from. Thanks.  Woo, new toy.  UNLIMITED POWER!
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May 11, 2019 17:58
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Oh, hello CVL Cabot. Long time no sink.
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May 11, 2019 18:14
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May 11, 2019 18:26
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...wow, that is one budget CVE Grey got there. 18 knots top speed, 12 aircraft. It's literally a tanker that they bolted a flight deck on top of, intended for minimal ASW convoy protection.Zeroisanumber posted:WWII was a awful, tragic event for people all over the planet, but the 5 year break in commercial fishing was excellent for the ocean's ecosystem. OTOH, all the poo poo that did end up sunk in the oceans probably wasn't good for it. Same goes for WWI, too. Belgium lately made a few troubling discoveries from water samples taken along the coast. Post-WWI, thousands of tons of artillery shells got encased into concrete and sunk out at sea near the belgian coast for disposal, including chemical warheads. And it seems the concrete container has now started leaking, going by the traces of mustard gas they found in the water.
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May 11, 2019 19:01
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Zeroisanumber posted:WWII was a awful, tragic event for people all over the planet, but the 5 year break in commercial fishing was excellent for the ocean's ecosystem. It was also a bad time for whales too iirc.
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May 11, 2019 19:11
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Danann posted:It was also a bad time for whales too iirc. "A whale earwax study posted:Interestingly, the years 1939–1945 (World War II; WWII) revealed a departure from the close association between mean cortisol concentrations and mean whaling harvests (n = 10 earplugs, n = 225 laminae; Fig. 3a, b). Specifically, during the WWII era, baseline-corrected cortisol within earplug laminae increased 10% while whaling harvests decreased to the lowest numbers observed during the pre-whaling moratorium era (pre-1986) in the Northern Hemisphere (Fig. 3a). While it remains unknown if a 10% increase in baseline-corrected cortisol represents an adverse physiological or behavioral response, the departure from the close association with whaling counts may be in response to other stressors such as marine-based wartime activities. In other words, the stressors associated with activities specific to WWII may supplant the stressors associated with industrial whaling for baleen whales. Therefore, we surmise that wartime activities (e.g., underwater detonation of ordinance, naval battles including ships, planes, and submarines), as well as increased vessel numbers, contributed to increased baseline-corrected cortisol concentrations during this period of reduced whaling. With the extensive migration patterns of baleen whales, interaction with widespread wartime activities would seem plausible and deleterious to baleen whales. Mans posted:I assume the civilian danger was reduced to nill because who would want to fish in contested waters during WW2, but how many civilian vessels struck mines after the war? It seems like the entire european coast was riddled with them This listing alone has several dozen American merchant vessels hitting mines after the end of hostilities.
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May 11, 2019 21:50
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Is that a CVE that can only carry 12 planes? Thats pretty terrible even for CVE standards.
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May 12, 2019 03:50
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You don't need more then 12 planes to combust and explode, and whatever the V stands for.
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May 12, 2019 06:33
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The war in Europe is over now; when will we start seeing massive swarms of allies who've been freed up? 12 aircraft, 18 knots? That's just embarrassing - why even bother? I can only assume sheer desperation was the cause. Dunno-Lars posted:You don't need more then 12 planes to combust and explode, and whatever the V stands for. Vertical displacement to the bottom of the ocean, I can only assume.
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May 12, 2019 06:42
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Yeah I think the idea was for it to escort tankers and poo poo but was, like everything else they were working on, too little too late.
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May 12, 2019 07:18
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The Shimane Maru four days after being destroyed: The Shimane Maru postwar, still destroyed:  It was a tanker with a flight deck hammered on the top, it didn't even have an island or catapults.
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May 12, 2019 07:31
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Dunno-Lars posted:You don't need more then 12 planes to combust and explode, and whatever the V stands for. Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable.
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May 12, 2019 12:27
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David Corbett posted:12 aircraft, 18 knots? That's just embarrassing - why even bother? I can only assume sheer desperation was the cause. It's not far out of line with typical Allied escort carriers, and if you restrict yourself to conversions as opposed to purpose-built ships it's pretty average. HMS Audacity only needed six aircraft at 15 knots to prove the concept.
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May 12, 2019 19:09
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saintonan posted:Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable. Would've gone for Expensive, but that works too.
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May 12, 2019 19:45
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11 May 1945 Remember Okinawa? It still sucks. Two picket destroyers are damaged beyond repair: Evans, hit by four kamikazes, and Hugh W. Hadley, hit by two kamikazes, an Ohka, and a bomb. This is also the day that two kamikaze hits cause nearly uncontrollable fires on Bunker Hill that take her out of action until after war's end.
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   Batfish is still moping around the home islands damaged.  The carriers find someone to play with.  It's back to normal at Guam.  My god, they hit something!  Dammit, their doing this again!  To: “Intelligence” See, this fucker is still alive. Yours, Supreme Commander Grey Hunter.  The afternoon strikes begin. Lets hope they concentrate their attacks better!  Nope.  Guess who's back!  Action! A carrier! Suspense! I'm going to sink that thing just so intel stop telling me it's been sunk every week. 
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