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Very true. Butterflies are unclear as to what the Battle of Jutland would look like here let alone what will happen in the rest of the war. I would suspect that the US will still enter the war as the worse position of the HSF resulting from the emergence of the Yamato would prompt an even...

To the best of my knowledge it was the ratio itself. For one thing a matter of face as Japan wanted equality. I have also read that both the IJN and the USN were ardent followers of Mahan's ideas and that the reading of his work at the time suggested that you needed a 7:10 ratio to...

True for the RN and lesser powers in Europe, although it will set designers and shipyards think. The US might decide its 1916 programme isn't enough - if it does get anything like accurate details of the size of the Yamato. What they will come up with and how practical it would be could be...

Good point. They would assume they have a speed edge over the Japanese ships and expect to be able to get away if they have to.

Not sure that the Germans did any messages in the clear. Given the importance of the mission I would be surprised they would give such details to a potential enemy. This is one of the factors that is supposed to have screwed up the two Russian armies in E Prussia in 1914. Given that Japan...

Well this is going to be interesting. :D The Japanese are heavily outgunned by the German BCs but the latter have to get into range and anything Yamato hits with those 18" guns will be really hurt. The additional armour compared to the British BCs - especially the old I class DAC [Dreadnought...

Good point. Any such engine will probably give a lot of ideas to engineers & designers of the time.

Well according to their wiki entry Aircraft carried 4 Aichi E13A, 3 Mitsubishi F1M 2 catapults (Yamato, Musashi) so there's the capacity but whether there were any then for the final mission I don't know. Given the massive allied air superiority they were facing possibly it wasn't...

Thanks, 😊 On the Nagato two they would still be more powerful than anything afloat and depending on the views of when future conflicts could occur, or periods of tension which need a naval presence could make a difference, especially if your cancelling the two Ise. Well the Ise already...

I would agree with Buba that the Japanese would be reluctant to give technology to the UK [which for most of them is a recent enemy after all] without agreement from Tokyo 1st which could take some time. Ironically I read once that it was Britain that did the early work in such designs in the...

Buba No offense meant and none taken hopefully. Yamato is faster than any of the BCs but the DT DD's could be a problem if they get a few torpedo hits in. She's a bloody big ship but a couple of unlucky hits that slow her could be fatal even with her bulk. Albeit she would probably take...

Very interesting scenario and problems all around. Agree with kclcmdr that the Japanese fleet will side with the allies once they realise where [and when] they were - despite the probably hostility towards the UK as long assumed enemies. Germany is currently the enemy of Japan and also the...