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Wait, is? The USSR wasn't going to nuke Spain without a WW3, and in a nuclear WW3, the few dozen bombs Spain might deliver to the USSR won't make much of a difference compared with the thousands the USA would throw at them. So, as an independent deterrent, the UK can tell the USSR: if the...

Does the USA matter on this?

It wouldn't have added wealth, period. Jujuy and Salta are among the poorest Argentine provinces, and Salta in particular has the highest rape rates (per inhabitant) in the country. A significant part of the former, IMHO, it's logistics. I'm not even sure Bolivia would even exploit the iron, so...

Bolivia gains a nice tourist destination which can't be exploited until the late 20th century, some iron depots which can't be exploited until the mid 20 century and even more lithium, which isn't worth much until the 21st century

You're right, but such a heavy armor might cause the bombs to get stuck and either end up detonating or exploding while bomb squads try to disarm them

Well, what does the RN doesn't have in order to keep HMS Vanguard operative for 30 more years, including mid-life repairs? Or are we assuming the RN gets a budget boost for those three decades? Assuming the ship is active (would a mothballed ship be able to be put in action in such short...

Agreed. No way they survive the Latin American lost decade. There was no apetite for long dictatorships in Argentina since Rosas, all the way back to the 19th century. Onganía hinted he wanted to rule for twenty years and ended up resigned by his own Junta.

The question becomes what's left of the OTL revolutionaries and how the Independence war was lost. Do they still have an appetite for independence or liberalism? At first glance, I'd say most of the sympathizers with the defeated revolutionary cause would side with the liberals - but there might...

So OTL?

Portugal doesn't invade Uruguay during the Argentine independence wars for reasons (idk, they suffer a slave revolt at the time? the war goes better for Argentina so the expect stiff resistance?). As Argentina progresses from independence war to civil war, the bitter commercial rivalry between...

Why wouldn't the Germans be using them as bomber escorts? If anything, it would also allow them to escort bombers based on Norway and attack Scotland from there, which means the British northern fighter groups would also be under pressure from the LW

No, it would have been a generalized war all across the Argentina-Chile border