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  1. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    I don't think the USN ever operated the Fury from anything smaller than an Essex though they probably cross decked onto the smaller British carriers from time to time, but again nothing smaller than a Centaur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury...

  2. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Which pretty much sums up every escort carrier ever built with the possible exception of the Sangamon class. The were know as Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable for a reason.

  3. Pearl Harbor never becomes a major Naval base?

    The Kingdom of Hawaii to stay independent with a powerful nation (probably Britain) protecting it.

  4. WW2/Cold War if Alaska had been part of the USSR?

    No.

  5. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    I think it was 6. It was supposedly meant to primarily be a fast mail plane.

  6. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    Which was entirely justified. A large number of bombers started out as transport aircraft. Douglass B 18 Dornier Do 17 Focke Wulf FW 200 Condor Heinkel HE 111 Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Even the Short Stirling is ultimately a development of the Short C Empire flying boat and let's not forget the...

  7. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Malaysia?

  8. AHC: Make Escort Carriers Prevalent Among Developing Nations During The Cold War.

    Plus wanting to keep up with India after they buy a British Light Fleet Carrier. Being a little (alright quite a bit) economical with the truth they could claim a Commencement Bay class was almost as good as a Majestic.

  9. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    That's a big if, and it's more likely the German's install puppet governments that will follow their every lead.

  10. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    4 Effectively void almost as soon as the POW's are returned to the UK. Britain won't sign without them being returned quickly either. 5 Technical difficulties will delay the transfer of Malta long enough it never happens. The Italians are welcome to Somaliland and Southern Sudan though...

  11. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    Torpedo Boats in the 1890's 1900's are what (Torpedo Boat) Destroyers were designed to counter. Small (up to 1000 tons), fast, short range ships with light guns and large torpedoes, potentially deadly to a battlefleet.

  12. Short Stirling used as Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Battle of Atlantic?

    Not destroyers but frigates and Black Swan class sloops.

  13. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    This is the sort of thing any peace negotiations would fall apart on. Britain wants it's troops back because it knows the peace is likely temporary and needs to train its new armies. Germany wants to keep them as a lever to keep Britain from stabbing it in the back when they attack the Soviets.

  14. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    The less said about my opinion of Beatty the better. He would have made a good naval attachee to Mongolia.

  15. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    If the High Seas Fleet doesn't come out to fight the RN is going to be looking for ways to go and get them. Otl there was the planned carrier strike in spring 1919 that never happened. Here I could see that plan been pushed harder as the RN will need to be seen to be doing something. The...

  16. What if the Blackburn Roc was designed as a single seat fighter?

    Camm designed a folding wing for the Sea Hurricane but by then better (American) aircraft were available.

  17. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    Arguably he did. The blockade was never seriously threatened and was crucial in winning the war.

  18. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    The money spent on the Grand Fleet's battleships would be seen as totally justified on the grounds that it had been so strong the Germans were afraid to send their battleships to sea and even attempt to break the blockade.

  19. What if the Blackburn Roc was designed as a single seat fighter?

    In very small numbers during peacetime, with the exception of those sent to Finland during the crisis of the Winter War and all before the RAF's fighter squadrons were heavily engaged. In those cases the national interests helped by the sales were considered more important than Britain's...

  20. What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed?

    Rommel gets stopped further west and is driven back earlier, and that's if he even gets sent to North Africa in the first place,
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