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I thought the majority of the subs were to be built in Canada? I think the addition of one submarine being built on top of the 7 they were building in OTL (maybe more in ATL) wouldn't be able to justify such a high cost. I think $300million is more plausible. I'll be honest and say that I...

Somewhat, but it'd be better still if Britain won on the strength of their deal rather than kickbacks :D

I definitely agree that superior numbers would eventually win out in the end given the development of China's army. However, my thoughts are that Britain was generally good at determining whether or not it was capable of discharging a threat and where it found that it was not, would be cautious...

Any chance of an update soon? It's been a long old while and I don't want this TL to die! Few questions, which may spawn more questions... - What is the status of China in TTL? Will it be headed toward a similar fat in the beginning of the 20th Century in OTL? - What is the status of the...

I've been dying for an update for ages! DAv, will there be an update any time soon? I just have one question, with the Crown firmly tied to the Shawnee Nation, what will develop from that? Will we see the Crown entering the Shawnee political system in some way or will it remain a quasi-republic?

I would also have to agree. There was a huge stink with BAE creating a slush fund to sell Eurofighters to Saudi and it wasn't even as large as this kickback. Germany selling subs to Israel, that was different because of history and the issue of the Holocaust, with the sub being given away for...

I'm not so sure. The British were famed for fighting well against the odds, their hardiness and ingenuity under pressure. I think that it would be a surprising incident to say. I think a collapsing monarchy would be a good idea but followed by a period of warlords, dictators and general...

Just a tag on, I think what happened in TOTL of dividing China between the world powers is out the window, for sure, unless something astonishing happens that throws China back into OTL which, let's be honest defeats the purpose of this forum! I would like to see how relationships between the...

It will be interesting to see if Britain will get Hong Kong as they did in TOTL. What will be interesting is whether a stronger China will necessitate Britain to change it's policies in India to take into account a growing and more powerful China, not afraid to throw it's weight around. The...

Enough to last until the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Wish there was some way I could help because this is a fascinating timeline :)

lol Calm down, he only just updated the thread 1 day before you bumped! SF, fantastic TL and I have subscribed to the thread! Fascinating picture you have painted. I do have a couple requests/questions: - What is the state of the army now given all the purges etc? - Will you be getting...

Here is a bit of a challenge for you. I want Britain to adopt a Keynesian economic policy early on, if not from the beginning of the Great Depression. How could this be achieved?

I think what I'm going to do is withdraw this TL so that I can rejig a few things and start off in the middle of the inter-war years so I can make some of the changes a little easier. Thanks for all your help guys!

I'll look into that with the next update. Indeed it might, I will have to do a prequel and edit a fair old bit there. Thanks for the heads up. I think this was where I took a little bit of a liberty in that I was told on the forum, that the basis for that belief was based on racial...

April – HMS Hermes, HMS Indomitable and HMS Formidable are re-equipped with Supermarine Seafires (a point of departure for this being Churchill having ordered the production of Seafires rather than continued production of Fairey Fulmars in 1940). The delivery of 100 Seafires greatly boosts the...

Thanks. I would have thought somebody would have written something for a POD in Malaya! I was led to believe that the Mk V entered production in early 1941, replacing Mk I's and II's. The use of Mk V's are pretty fundamental in denying air superiority to the Japanese. I'm not sure how I can...

I was aware that the Mediterranean would take priority, I think I had referenced it somewhere in the updates that Churchill would not commit further naval forces to the Pacific because of the Mediterranean. The numbers involved though, I picked up from Wikipedia listed under the "Eastern Fleet"...

Have posted an updated/revised TL for Jan-Mar 1942. Thoughts, any suggestions for changes?

Let me redact that section and rework it.

1942 January – The start of the New Year does not go well for the US in the Philippines. Japan captures Manila and the main American Naval base for the Asiatic fleet at Cavite. American Naval Forces withdraw from Cavite to join the British Eastern Fleet in Singapore. Japanese forces engage...