Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-32656-20131128115832

Not happening, OM. Not only do I not have the time, but have no doubt whatsoever that it would bomb.

Rdv, have definitely seen/heard that before. Capture is impossible. And given how they traveled, so is, realistically, them being sunk. The U-boats had limits on what they were physically able to sink, remember - and how that group went was beyond their means to sink. Between Tizard by plane, and the rest by shipping too fast for the U-boats to hit, just not doable.

Studies have shown that had the Japanese done another wave to hit those fuel tanks, the net result would have been for them to lose faster - any more waves would have been met by ready forces, not surprised ones. The pilot/plane attrition would have occurred a battle of two later than in otl. If you mean the fuel being the only target, then that accomplishes nothing whatsoever.

Seen/read documentaries like that before. Best that I can say about them is that they are overrated, and exaggerated.

OM, that has ASB written all over it.