In honor of the 70th anniversary of Leyte Gulf . . .
How about a new scenario to mull over? What if the IJN Center and Southern forces switch places in the Battle for Leyte Gulf. We leave all the Americans in their historic places initially, but...
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Oldendorf still has a huge advantage against Kurita, just not as big of an advantage he had against Shima and Nishimura. Jessie's old BBs, CA, CLs, DDs, and PT Boats all have better radar than what...
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Once Halsey realizes the super battleships are in the southern force, I think he will turn south with his main fleet carriers.
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Halsey will still be to far away. We know that at 0730 on the 25th he was at least 300 nm north of Taffy 3's position. SS is another 150 nm further south, so Halsey was around 400 nm away. SS began...
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How about a new scenario to mull over? What if the IJN Center and Southern forces switch places in the Battle for Leyte Gulf. We leave all the Americans in their historic places initially, but...
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Halsey waited until it looked like the large Center Force had turned around and were retreating before haring off to the north after the carriers. Unless the New Southern Force does the same temporary...
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If Kurita can get to Oldendorf's line with his battle line intact, does he stand a chance of breaking through? He's got more destroyers and cruisers to guard against the PTs and destroyers that...
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If he does break through, he most likely won't have a whole lot left to do anything with. I'm wildly estimating here, but if the vast majority of the IJN force makes it into the Straits intact, then...
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Keep in mind also that the Fusos were markedly slower than the OTL Center Force, which was the Yamatos, Kongos and fairly speedy Nagato plus cruisers. That means even longer in the teeth of the storm...
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