24.01.2010, 00:33
I have some input.
First) Make the West the aggressors. Set up a phoney attack in Cuba, or sabotuers on the eastern seaboard. The president attacks and then informs the public of the massacre he had set up.
Second) Make the US Navy already in the Black Sea when the West attacks. A dedicated task force should be in the area around Turkish shores.
The Soviets will probably fly out Tu-4s as spotter planes, so F4Us will probably have to intercept. Marines should invade the Crimea and head to Stalingrad or something. Soviets have trouble but try consistent aerial attacks on US fleets. Submarines are also used, but the surface fleet is kept back to repel the invasion as it lands at the shores.
Third) US nukes Leningrad for symbolic reasons early on. The Soviets, who are not nuclear armed yet, send mass armies west. The US Navy blockades Sakhalin and pushes North through China to cut off the Soviet front lines from their factories in the east. B-32 Dominator makes debut in Europe. The US Army pushes east, first into Berlin, then into Poland to secure harbors and ports. The Polish are 'liberated' a third time and join the West. There is no East Germany
NOW from the Soviet side......
Tons of units are still deployed to Czechoslavkia and East Germany. Artillery is the main threat to the US forces. The Soviets alert their naval air forces and train them for long range ship strike missions. The Soviets need to deprive the Americans of ports so Poland is important to defend. A lot of AAA and artillery are seen as the answers. Tanks mass but face possible nuclear attacks so they remain hidden and travel at night. The attempt to ambush the advancing Western armies, while attempting to make the US Army stretch beyond it's own limits. French send aid to Italy to help defend Austria. P-47s and SBDs make up the meat of this force, but the Soviets may or may not try to push there.
[b]Now about the Navy side.[/]
I think it's likely that a combined fleet of American, Australian, British, Canadian, and New Zelander vessels would have formed to make it most likely that supplies keep flowing from the USA. It's probably that Turkey may take sides in this war, and it would be with the West. The fleets could rotate out of Istanbul, which would help contain parts of the Soviet Navy. The Battle of the Atlantic would start again, as would a Battle of the Pacific. Searching out Russian subs would be a great priority early on.
The enlisted aviator programs would likely extend for the Navy and Marine Corps. The US would use many escort carriers in support of invasions, but most likely in support of the supply convoys. Great battles may have happened in Finland.
I hope this helps....
First) Make the West the aggressors. Set up a phoney attack in Cuba, or sabotuers on the eastern seaboard. The president attacks and then informs the public of the massacre he had set up.
Second) Make the US Navy already in the Black Sea when the West attacks. A dedicated task force should be in the area around Turkish shores.
The Soviets will probably fly out Tu-4s as spotter planes, so F4Us will probably have to intercept. Marines should invade the Crimea and head to Stalingrad or something. Soviets have trouble but try consistent aerial attacks on US fleets. Submarines are also used, but the surface fleet is kept back to repel the invasion as it lands at the shores.
Third) US nukes Leningrad for symbolic reasons early on. The Soviets, who are not nuclear armed yet, send mass armies west. The US Navy blockades Sakhalin and pushes North through China to cut off the Soviet front lines from their factories in the east. B-32 Dominator makes debut in Europe. The US Army pushes east, first into Berlin, then into Poland to secure harbors and ports. The Polish are 'liberated' a third time and join the West. There is no East Germany
NOW from the Soviet side......
Tons of units are still deployed to Czechoslavkia and East Germany. Artillery is the main threat to the US forces. The Soviets alert their naval air forces and train them for long range ship strike missions. The Soviets need to deprive the Americans of ports so Poland is important to defend. A lot of AAA and artillery are seen as the answers. Tanks mass but face possible nuclear attacks so they remain hidden and travel at night. The attempt to ambush the advancing Western armies, while attempting to make the US Army stretch beyond it's own limits. French send aid to Italy to help defend Austria. P-47s and SBDs make up the meat of this force, but the Soviets may or may not try to push there.
[b]Now about the Navy side.[/]
I think it's likely that a combined fleet of American, Australian, British, Canadian, and New Zelander vessels would have formed to make it most likely that supplies keep flowing from the USA. It's probably that Turkey may take sides in this war, and it would be with the West. The fleets could rotate out of Istanbul, which would help contain parts of the Soviet Navy. The Battle of the Atlantic would start again, as would a Battle of the Pacific. Searching out Russian subs would be a great priority early on.
The enlisted aviator programs would likely extend for the Navy and Marine Corps. The US would use many escort carriers in support of invasions, but most likely in support of the supply convoys. Great battles may have happened in Finland.
I hope this helps....