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  1. perfectgeneral

    The War That Came Even Earlier: WWII in 1936/37?!

    Earlier war relies on taking off the brakes. Bear in mind that Hitler wanted it a year later (after a Polish capitulation). Chamberlain wanted much later (with no capitulations). Escalation of threat speeds the wings of war. Invading countries, armed forces build-up to unsustainable peacetime...
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    Alternate warships of nations

    The proportion remains for my argument, then.
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    Alternate warships of nations

    Looking at a basic jpeg of a bar chart that is too big to attach (668kb!) I can see that the cost per ton to build and operate different types of warship vary substantially. All per ton per year Type: (build) operate 35,000t BB: (£8.79) £10.89 35,000t BC: (£8.79) £13.55 23,000t CV: (£11.45)...
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    TL: UK Overseas Regions [Redux]

    So does the UK get less blame for the botched Hungarian uprising, from the USA, not getting so involved in the "big distraction"?
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    What if Germany went full tilt into U-boat production from 1936 on?

    Germany wasn't effectively bombed until much later in the war.
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    What if Germany went full tilt into U-boat production from 1936 on?

    You could argue that using massed military naval vessels made the invasion of Norway harder. They raised UK and Norwegian alert levels and didn't transport troops and supplies as well as a surprise merchant fleet may have. Certainly the merchantmen loaded with troops gained surprise without...
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    Alternate warships of nations

    Yes the large guns fore and aft will feed into the hanger as an echo chamber. Not pleasant working conditions. These might also tempt the commander to employ the ship at an inappropriate range (in order to fire the guns).
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    WI palletizing or standard standard cargo containers between the Wars

    Horse drawn multimodal is not the future. A "prime mover" flatbead could take something much longer.
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    WI palletizing or standard standard cargo containers between the Wars

    You need locked steel boxes to keep the dock "handlers" out. There is nothing to pack. It is one box. You probably also need to start with military freight and logistics to marginalise the unions while establishing precedent and infrastructure. 25ft long by 9.5ft wide by 7.5ft tall internally...
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    Alternate warships of nations

    WW2 Turkey's 40,000t: All the old big guns go into the straits. Four large light cruisers, twelve large destroyers, and anything left on coastal submarines and minesweepers.
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    Torbeau With Flap and Spoiler Wing as higher speed Avenger?

    Well we all like an earlier (Sea) Mosquito. That could be made much less borderline. Could lifting the tailwheel with a trolly jack lower the props much? Could a prop half (say) open landing gear position still support and move the aircraft on the ground? Landing multiplies the weight of the...
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    Torbeau With Flap and Spoiler Wing as higher speed Avenger?

    If they are deck parking off the edge with back wheel support I don't think there is much pressure for a wingfold. RN policy of armoured decks makes for an interesting CV design pressure if these predated the armoured carriers (that would have to be based on a Blenhiem, but with R-1830 Twin Wasp...
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    Torbeau With Flap and Spoiler Wing as higher speed Avenger?

    Yes. Probably reversed in the prop gearing. Experienced yes, veterans no. Did they sink quick? The flaps will need some heavy trip against the down nose. Lower twin tail behind each engine? Always
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    HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious Converted Earlier?

    How early can you stop work on the LLC's? A stop order on 2 April (nobody heeded the 1 April order) brings production to a halt on HMS Courageous, lead ship of a class of three. All long lead items have been ordered. The guns might be installed on railway mounts for the Dover area or seigework...
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    Torbeau With Flap and Spoiler Wing as higher speed Avenger?

    Looking at the similar size, but much greater weight of the Beaufighter compared to the Avenger carrier capable torpedo bomber, I wonder... What if a full length Fowler flap wing with less thickness and spoilers at 70% back in the wing (for lateral control when flaps are down) were made to...
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    Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    Click on my name. The profile should come up. Just under where it says I have over 10,000 posts there is a "Find" pull down menu. Look for threads started by me. Anything factual is welcome there. Subjective history is too variable to help with writing.
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    Sir John Valentine Carden Survives. Part 2.

    I have a reference thread and there could be others.
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    Alternate warships of nations

    Surface combat and drying washing? It has little use as an anti-aircraft artillery piece.
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    A Better Rifle at Halloween

    The heads of state have a vested interest in remaining separate. They get to be King. Oh sure republics may form later and combine, but the heads of state still lose a great job. It took a lot to combine the German states. Give them each a vote in a European council for trade etc. and they are...
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    A Better Rifle at Halloween

    I favour politically harsh, but not too onerous on the financial penalties. Those in power should pay the most, not the people. Lose the fleet. Break Germany up into the federal regions of post WW2 OTL only as separate states. No unifying Kaiser. Kings as long as they are different in each...
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