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Tankerace -> RE: War Plan Orange Mod: More New Screens (11/30/2004 10:32:00 PM)
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Personally, from what I have seen and heard, it is the best book on the subject. I'd still read other works, but I know I want to buy it (kinda strapped for cash at the moment).
The thing to understand about the Orange Plans (all three of them) is that the first and the second were plausible (War Plan Orange - 1 from about 1897-1920 and War Plan Orange - 3, late 1920s-end of World War II). In fact, War Plan Orange -3 was used to help determine the counteroffensive strategy during World War II.
War Plan Orange -2, which this mod will be using, bordered on fantasy thanks to the Washington Naval Treaty. The plan was, upon declaration of war, the American fleet would sail from San Diego to the Phillippines, refueling at Pearl Harbor, Wake, Guam, and finally Manila. Upon arriving at the Phillippines, the fleet would form a battleline, and blockade the Japanese home islands, and make it impossible to attack the PI, or any resource area. So, the Japanese would be faced with one of two possibilities (in theory):
1: Keep your fleet at bay, and try to run the blockade with small ships.
2: Form your fleet, and seek battle with the American Battleline.
If the Japanese took option 1, eventually (again, in theory) they would starve, and be forced to sue for peace.
If the Japanese took option 2, their fleet would (according to the plan) be destroyed by the larger numbers of American ships.
The Washington Naval Treaty, despite helping ensure number 2's success (The infamous 5:5:3 ratio), invalidated the success of the plan. The Plan bordered on fantasy, because the scrapping of most of the fleet rendered a successful blockade all but impossible, and with limits on battleship and carrier construction, left the fleet vulnearble to air attack (Say, at Guam when refueling).
Since this mod assumes that the Washington Naval Treay did not happen, it is therefore possible that War Plan Orange -2 might have succeeded.
Another really good one is:
Plans for War Against the British Empire and Japan: The Red, Orange, and Red-Orange Plans, 1823-1938 (American War Plans, 1919-1941, Vol 2) by Steven T. Ross
This is a very good book, because it shows just what was being thought after World War I. Plan Red, a naval war against Canada, Britain, and Australia; Plan Orange a naval War against Japan; and Red-Orange, a naval war against The British Commonwealth and Japan. Very tricky stuff.
Though I make no promises, I may have a Red-Orange scenario variant after the release of the main mod.
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