See bolded bit as to the reason why they "let" the German's build u-boats and I would think the stats show that ASDIC did work. Its a different case with carriers the British knew the capabilities of carriers, the reason why they had crappy planes was because the RAF "owned" the planes and did...
I'd say the mining of the Danube would have been very difficult earlier because the airbases to launch these raids from would not have been as secure from enemy action. From another site it says that the earliest attempt was in 43. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=5806
The British Empire entering WW1
With a few recent controvesial threads lately I was wondering what does everyone else think about The Empire's entry into World war 1. Would they have declared war on Germany if the German's did not enter nuetral Belgium? Me personally I don't think they would...
Wasn't part of the reason that the hurri and spits werent armed with canons was beacsue they couldnt fit the hispano cannons in their wings. It was fixed in later models though.
Its more of a warning to stop Adler's flame war spilling into another thread. It appears that you are under-estimating the British navy they may have used atiquated aircraft but they were at the cutting edge of naval tactics. I like that you started your PODn in the 20's(making it much more...
Well if the Japanese won at Midway, the plan for Nagumo and his carrier fleet was to raid Sydney and then prepare for invasion of New Caledonia. Whether that would still be the case if they had won big at Midway would still be the case I don't know. The US would still have the Sara to conduct...
Germany could have diffused the situation which turned a minor regional dispute in the Balkans into a world war.
As for German not being militaristic how many officers and soldiers after the war said they went along with the nazis for vengeance. I understand what your trying to do and its...
Well you assume wrong TL isnt a democratic prosperous 1938 super Germany that you dream about this is a regime steeped in the blood of innocents that hid their atrocities by pointing there fingers at the Nazis and said its all their fault... that the reality sorry to burst your bubble.
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