Alternate/What If Osprey Titles

gaiusjcaesar

With some of the alternate conflicts brought up here, what titles would Osprey Publishing give us about them? "British Aircraft Carrier vs. German Aircraft Carrier" is a hot one; there would also be plenty of "Tanks In the [insert conflict/battle name here]" titles for Steven Zaloga to write.

Here's their website for a full idea on what I'm on about:
ospreypublishing.com
 

Sekhmet_D

Kicked
Operation Downfall: Part 1 (Olympic Kyushu 1945), Part 2 (Coronet - Honshu 1946), and Part 3 (Hokkaido 1946)

Dealing with the two greatest, bloodiest amphibious operations in history aimed at finally subduing Imperial Japan following Korechika Anami's coup and refusal to abide by Potsdam, the shock Soviet airborne invasion of Hokkaido while the Western allies were bogged down in Kyushu and Honshu, and the resultant partition of Japan into north and south that brought a whole new paradigm to the Cold War.
 
Driftless

Driftless

Donor
MN Strasbourg vs KMS Graf Spee

Covering the 1939 duel between the two warships South of the Cape Verde Islands, that resulted in the sinking of the Graf Spee.

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US Navy operations against Spain - 1898

Covering the Battle of Manila Bay, embargo of Cuba, the Battle of Santiago, and US Cruiser raids against the Spanish Canary Islands*(The OTL USN had preliminary contingency plans for cruiser raids against the Canary Islands, if Spain continued the war)
 
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Dorknought

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New title: "We Marched Against England"
 

Coulsdon Eagle

Monthly Donor
Texel: The Death Ride of the High Sea Fleet.

The last, desperate and totally unnecessary final mission of the Kaiserliche Marine that resulted in the largest naval surface action in history; the most costly of days for the Royal Navy and United States Navy; and the sacrifice of the High Sea Fleet.

PS - remember reading that the English translation of HFS should be High Sea instead of High Seas - anyone else recall that?
 
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Cryhavoc101

A39 Tortoise vs Jagdtiger II.

An account of the only engagement between both tank types during Operation Plunder in March 1945 and the British tanks subsequent use as a Super heavy Siege tank in the last months of WW2

Hunter F1 vs MIG 15

An account of the efforts to stand up a Scratch Hawker Hunter Squadron in Korea before the official acceptance of the type in RAF service and its impact during the Chinese June Offensive of 1953 on the Communist air forces after the first encounters and its impact on that types subsequent development and early domination of the previously preferred Supermarine Swift leading to the latter's cancellation in 1954.
 
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Hammerbolt

"January 1942 - Operation Hi no hana" The disastrous japanese atempt to invade and conquer Hawaii.

"Operation High Iron - August 1944". Following the June attack in Normandy, the allies land in Norway, to cut off the german iron ore supply.

"Operation Sea Spear - September 1918: the first large scale aerial torpedo attack". Follows the combined operation of the RN and RAF to torpedo the german fleet with a massed air raid of 150+ torpedo bombers.
 

jlckansas

"Seelowe", Field Marshal Tilo Schmidts remaking of the See Battalions Special Forces.
 
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jlckansas

"Auf Safari". Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Integration of the German Military post WW1 under the Augustus Lang government.
 

Insane Ranter

Sekhmet_D said:
Operation Downfall: Part 1 (Olympic Kyushu 1945), Part 2 (Coronet - Honshu 1946), and Part 3 (Hokkaido 1946)

Dealing with the two greatest, bloodiest amphibious operations in history aimed at finally subduing Imperial Japan following Korechika Anami's coup and refusal to abide by Potsdam, the shock Soviet airborne invasion of Hokkaido while the Western allies were bogged down in Kyushu and Honshu, and the resultant partition of Japan into north and south that brought a whole new paradigm to the Cold War.
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Eagle Project​

The objective was to train and send Korean soldiers to infiltrate five key strategic cities in the Japanese-occupied Korean Peninsula: Chongjin, Sinuiju, Busan, Pyongyang, and Seoul. However, the operation never passed the training phase and was interrupted by the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945.

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Cryhavoc101

"Remember the Texas" The sinking of USS Texas by U-203 on 19th June 1941 and the subsequent declaration of war by the USA on Nazi Germany

The book details the history of the Battleship and the U-boat leading up to teh events of 19th June 1941

It details the actions of U-boat captain Rolf Mützelburg although positively having identified the American Battleship stalked and sunk the ship with 3 G7 torpedoes from a salvo of 4 believing that the US vessel had entered the declared blockade zone around the United Kingdom when in fact it was still many miles north of it as post war investigations on its resting place determined.

The book investigates the propaganda efforts of both sides to blame the other for the sinking, the public outcry in the USA over the heavy loss of life (as well as efforts by the anti war factions to paint the President as a war monger which back fired and weakened their position) and even dedicates a chapter to the many various conspiracy theories that for example the ship was in the blockade zone, that Roosevelt ordered the ship to travel into the zone in order to be attacked and even some more outlandish theory's that she was sunk by a British submarine to bring the USA into the war - all of which the book pretty much dismisses as complete tosh!

The book also investigates the shock this sinking had on the US Navy and the 'positive' impact this had on the entire force particulalrly on subsequent events in the pacific later on that year.
 

Matt Wiser

Tomcat vs. Tomcat: The U.S. Navy Against the Iranian Air Force, 1980. (Air combat during Eagle Claw: the hostage rescue mission)

F-16 Units of The Second Korean War (the ‘94 nuclear crisis goes to a shooting war-with both USAF and ROKAF aircraft featured).
 

gaiusjcaesar

Matt Wiser said:
Tomcat vs. Tomcat: The U.S. Navy Against the Iranian Air Force, 1980. (Air combat during Eagle Claw: the hostage rescue mission)
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That would be...interesting, as far as the "Design and Development," "Technical Specifications," and "The Combatants" chapters are concerned.
 
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