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Passing notions. Not thought through fully. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1940) Butch Cassidy - Jimmy Stewart Sundance Kid - Henry Fonda Etta Place - Barbara Stanwyck --------------- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (2030)* Butch Cassidy - Chris Hemsworth Sundance Kid - Tom...

IF Matador throws a wrench in Japanese landing and logistical plans, but the Japanese make successful landings around Kota Baru and the Matador force has to beat a hasty retreat, its still a useful net gain for the Commonwealth. Lots of moving parts there.* Another thought on Matador vs Kota...

IF the Commonwealth troops get too far North and the landings at Kota Baru establish a solid beachhead, those Northern most troops may need to retreat quickly to the south and down the western coast, or they could be cut off.

Considering the respective clout of the RN within British defense hierarchy, might you see more of an public relations effort to downplay the air attack angle, while quickly shifting design gears to improve both active ship defense (AAA) and passive defense(armor layout, or torpedo protection...

Both would be great in the role, each providing a twist to the character. I grew up in a mid-century very small town in the US, not unlike a St Mary Mead, where spinsters were supposed to be present, without being heard or even seen. Yet, for some, that persona was a mask, covering too...

Churchill might appreciate the irony of pointing out mining your neighbor's coast as an act of war, considering the plan to mine (then Neutral) Norway's territorial waters. Kind of a similar situation of who acted first as being the aggressor. Yeah, I know, different siuations, but also some...

How much of a surprise will Matador be to the Thai's and Japanese, once the attack is launched?

Nemesis - (2020) An altered version of the Agatha Christie story, where Miss Marple's nephew Raymond West is added to the cast (ala 2007 ITV version). The gist of the story is that a prior acquaintance of Miss Marple, Jason Rafiel, as his dying commission sets Miss Marple to resolve a murder...

Any idea on calorie level of those rations (on average)?

I don't think conditions existed, even with a Republican run in the White House for a larger standing Army. Resistance to that idea went back to the 1700's, even predating the existence of the United States as an entity. Any increases in the size of the Army, i.e. the ACW, were viewed as...

Elba would make a great Bond, with the brooding intensity of Dalton and Craig.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1940 A fairly faithful version of the Agatha Christie classic Cast: Hercule Poirot - Charles Boyer* The un-glamorized off-screen Boyer was a bit balding and also had a bit of a belly. It didn't take much makeup to have him fit the Poirot persona (*I stole...

The OTL US Army was tiny by European standards (until late 1917), poorly trained for large scale operations, with a small cadre of leaders. Even with a TR or Elihu Root as President, there would be great popular resistance to creating a large and professional army, until late in the program...

Interesting. I hadn't considered there is a leap of scale for the metallurgy of armor manufacture. Sometimes the infrastructure isn't there at the time it's wanted. Also, I seem to remember that one of the issue for the British 6lb cannon that needed development was the long tool (yeah, yeah...

My enduring impression of Percival is that his great strength was in high level staff work - analysis and planning. His mid-30's study of Malaya's defense set up was accurate and he also identified what needed to be done to bring the setup to where it should have been. His recommendations got...