Could go for a number of fast light cruisers 10/12, 9 6'' or 8'' guns. Double the amount of destroyer's and as many torpedo boats as they can manage. Any pre dreads they have can be port defence. But most important make them good, no cutting corners, reasonably cheap over all. They are not a...
Italy wins anytime before the US really builds up it's Navy, before 1905?
Before around 1890 USN had very few ships that could stand up to any power in Europe. All Italy has to do is blockade the ports, they win
Life in the WRE and the empire in general was full of ups and downs, more downs in many cases. However if the empire was more stable, which normally means more money to go around, which inventions could have come earlier?
I'm not thinking of great leaps like the steam engine, or gunpowder, but...
Think this is going to need a number a narrow fronts. Bypass Holland for a start, but still have enough troops to stop a counter attack from there. Get straight in to the Rhur but only go for targets of strategic value, doesn't matter if town X has 1,500 troops, they're not going to be able to...
The USSR were always big on quantity over quality and making their equipment simple to operate. Maybe a more basic version of the T-90 as the MBT, rather than the T-72 OTL?
No France means Britain can send more ships to the east coast of the would be US. They would be able to stop half the French ships reaching the traitors. They can send the ships to Canada to resupply and off home they go, o good pissing of the French by taking the ships as a prize. They might...