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In WW1 the Canadian Corps ended up being one of the best Corps in the British Imperial Army, and one that didn't have to be downsized when manpower levels affected the British & ANZACs. Some other buggers will end up at St. Julien / 2nd Ypres and Vimy Ridge. WW2 - by the end wasn't the RCN the...

Because derailing a thread is regarded as breach of forum etiquette. Some folk get het up when we have pages on an originally related subject that gains a mind of its won. Sometimes it is interesting, but when it grinds down to a "Yes" "No" argument we'd rather it was canned, or at least taken...

Thought the Royal Party travelled to & from South Africa on HMS Vanguard with internal transport by South African Railways. No planes?

Britain will find it hard to find allies anywhere. France & Russia will feel betrayed by British intimations of support that dispersed like early morning mist, especially if they end up with huge debts owed to London. No-one would trust the UK for some considerable time.

I tend to agree with you. For a time the RN's heavy scouting force, the Battlecruiser Fleet, will be outclassed by the appearance of one or more Mackensens. This will last until the first of the Admiral class is available - whether any more follow would depend upon how good British intelligence...

"While all this [the first attacks lasting around an hour that crippled Prince of Wales] had been going on, Tennant waited in vain for any kind of instructions from the flagship. During a brief lull, he also had a chance to think about air cover - or more accurately the lack of it. He called the...

Germany was a nation unified by force - I daresay the Hannoverians & Saxons in particular were not happy with the way Prussia created the German Empire - less than 50 years ago. So not as much historical unity as with the French or the British. Would also point out that OTL the Germans enforced...

Or perhaps Udet has ordered the Ju-52 be fitted with dive brakes...

IIRC the transports at Kota Bharu had already been unloaded and, following sighting reports, were carefully routed on Ozawa's orders north into the Gulf of Siam to be well out of the way, as they would be needed for the invasion of Borneo, so Force Z would have had no effect to the landings that...

The RN would give the RM the fuel to move to Venice or Trieste. As much use there as sitting on the bottom at Taranto.

Troll who posts the same idea in different clothes, then refuses to engage in any meaningful discussion.

So is a third Bismarck a butterfly that will avoid cancelling Lion & Temeraire?

It could explain Britain's participation in the Zombie... I mean, Phoney War

No, no, no.... A Tiger II in lederhosen.... 😱

Assume a typo - Chamberlain died in November 1940.

Phillips was aware of the threat of air power, but believed the Japanese did not have a TBR with the range to threaten Force Z from their bases in French Indochina. And they were pretty much at the limits of their range. First time he would have realised he was in trouble was when Tenedos...

Ask the Trolls for a loan of one?

Charleroi is spared the visit of the cretinous parts of the England support. I was on a battlefield tour based in Tournai. We spent the day of the England vs Germany match down at Fromelles. Coming back into Belgium in late afternoon the border was manned for the first time in years, and armed...

That would be Freyberg's little swim.