"Good deal on The Great Pacific War" Topic
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brass1 | 03 Jun 2016 8:35 a.m. PST |
Hector Bywater's 1925 alternate history The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-33 is currently available for the Kindle for 99 cents. It's a fascinating read. LT |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 03 Jun 2016 10:45 a.m. PST |
I read a biography,fascinating man. He wargamed the battleship actions he believed would be the deciding factor(of course, he wasn't alone there). Interestingly,his son,to his chagrin,was more into gaming carrier clashes. |
brass1 | 03 Jun 2016 12:24 p.m. PST |
One of these days I intend to game the Battle of Yap. LT |
138SquadronRAF | 07 Jun 2016 8:20 a.m. PST |
A great read and should be on every gamers shelf if they're into battleships. |
ScottWashburn | 17 Jun 2016 8:09 a.m. PST |
I picked up a copy and it has been a great read so far. The one thing that struck me was the frequent use of gas weapons, both bombs and shells against ships. Was anyone seriously considering doing that? |
HMSResolution | 17 Jun 2016 8:30 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure about shells, but I recall reading of gas warfare being discussed fairly seriously in the interwar period. It's like busting out the nukes in Harpoon -- as a wargamer, it'd be crazy not to do it. |
Wolfhag | 17 Jun 2016 2:08 p.m. PST |
During WWI there were some German naval crewman that died from inhaling the gas from British HE shells filled with Lyddite (picric acid). Wolfhag |
HMSResolution | 17 Jun 2016 10:51 p.m. PST |
Ah, here we go. In Joseph Moretz's The Royal Navy and the Capital Ship in the Interwar Period, Appendix V is "Offensive Chemical Warfare in the Royal Navy". In 1920, Beatty (as First Sea Lord) argued that naval chemical weapons (delivered by shells) would be a vital capability. In May of 1927, chlorine gas was tested at sea using HMS Tiger as a target ship. In 1932, Exercise "Q.B." involved a simulated mustard gas attack against heavy ships in port by aircraft from Glorious and Courageous. The conclusion reached was: "It is evident that a gas attack will not have a serious effect on a ship that is prepared to meet it, and it would probably be uneconomical to use aircraft for this purpose against a trained fleet." (This is from ADM 186/151, 'C.B. 1769/32(1), if anyone wants to poke around in the National Archives for it.) |
ScottWashburn | 18 Jun 2016 3:17 a.m. PST |
Very interesting! In the novel the gas proves very effective, although conventional shells are used far more often. :) Some of the novel's predictions are quite accurate, while others are far off. In particular, the extreme chivalry with which the two sides treat each other's men. |
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