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Surrey, Algerie, and Northampton classes would all have been decent choices. Especially if they could have been modified for Greek requirements such as dropping range for more SHP or more armor. Another choice would have been the York class. While not the best heavy cruiser they would have...

During the late 1920s it seems like the Greek navy was interested in buying a pair of cruisers, probably heavy cruisers. Does anyone have more information on exactly what they were looking design wise?

One thing I would like to ask is why wasn't the Suffren class considered by the Australians? It has a crew size comparable to the Collins and is the smallest modern SSN from a western nation. And it wouldn't have pissed the French off so much. And from what I have read the Australians and the...

Not necessarily. Battlecruisers were sometimes more expensive compared to their battleship counterparts. A 74 equivalent would be liken the British 12 inch armed Dreadnoughts at Jutland. Lacking as much firepower and armor as the newer 13.5 inch and 15 inch battleships but still able to be part...

I voted for Akagi. But if a carrier survives Midway this has a HUGE impact on Santa Cruz and the Eastern Solomons. Both involved 2 USN fleet carriers vs 2 IJN fleet carriers plus a light fleet carrier. A third IJN fleet carrier could easily tip the balance in the IJNs favor especially at Santa...

As mentioned earlier treaty cruisers became the new 74, especially within the RN as they served as station and squadron flagships and often were the largest ships in many WW2 engagements. A way to get a larger more powerful ship to fill in this gap between a BB and a CA would be to try and...

THIS. If the Invincibles had been the same size as the Centaurs with the idea of operating as a light fleet carrier with Harriers, and without the weird hanger shape they would have been great ships with a larger air group.

I think you are right that PDF27 has mentioned that Germany wont be divided my bad. Regarding Silesia and Pommerania I think the German's will keep a bit more but then OTL such as Breslau and Stettin. Right, I think you have mentioned that Germany won't be divided before and I accept your...

For the division of Germany what about dividing Germany, and Austria, into two. First off, Prussia is abolished and East Prussia is handed over to Poland. Then a North German Republic is established with: Brandenburg Westphalia Rhineland Hesse-Kessel Mecklenburg Oldenburg Saxony Thuringia...

Seydlitz should have been sunk during the night when she ran across a British Battle Squadron who decided not to fire on her so they wouldn't give away their position. Von Der Tann was also in rough shape IIRC with all of her main battery turrets knocked out and some flooding from hits from 5th...

As others have alluded to, and I will explain in a later post, this is not HMS Lion from WW1. This is a new ship more along the lines of a fully armored battlecruiser. I'm surprised nobody talked about how asb my ambush off Samar, especially when compared to the otl battle of Samar. I wanted...

Izumo class battleship Izumo (Laid down April 1932, Launched January 1935, Commissioned August 1936), named for the province, the WOWS battleship, and the current destroyer Izumo Tosa (Laid down March 1933, launched July 1936, Commissioned November 1937), named for the never completed...

Owari Class Battleship Owari (Laid down April 1932, Launched January 1935, Commissioned August 1936), named for the home province of 2 of Japan's great unifiers Mikawa (Laid down March 1933, launched July 1936, Commissioned November 1937), Named for the home province of the 3rd of Japan's great...

This is the first time I am trying to put together a brief story so any and all constructive criticism is more than welcomed. This is an attempt at writing a plausible background of Japan building battleships/battlecruisers within the interwar treaty system before going straight to the Yamato...

This is a pretty interesting idea but as others have said the Ise's and Fuso's would have been better candidates. Plus the IJN gun club would have been unwilling to sacrifice the Nagato's because of those 16 inch guns. The biggest problem I have with this timeline, and it's very nitpicky, is...