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  1. Battle of Jutland POD

    Xchen, The use of a flare would negate the need for a bombsight, it would probably hinder its use immensely. The film I saw of a HS293 being used was a bombardier looking out the nose cone guiding the projectile with a joystick.
  2. Battle of Jutland POD

    Orry, The weight capacity of the Zeppelin was a major error on my part. I thought the LZ104 that was used to attempt to supply Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck had a much greater payload than 16 tons. Reading more about Zeppelins, they probably wouldn't survive the attack. LZ32 and LZ55 were...
  3. Battle of Jutland POD

    Germany loses by 1919. The POD seems highly unlikely. Nobody had a really good idea about what the naval forces would do at the outbreak of war. The Germans were expecting a close blockade and didn't have a back up plan for when the British didn't adopt it. The blockade at a distance will still...
  4. Battle of Jutland POD

    The only POD is what is stated below, all other events from 1914 on are OTL. The full might of the High Seas Fleet steamed out of Wilhelmshaven in May of 1916. Since it was a rare clear day, the people who reported to the British government didn't even have to be close to see the German...
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