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  1. What colonies can UK keep after the loss of India?

    When Britain pulled out of the gulf the UAE were so concerned they offered to pay Britain to stay. The UK declined because by then they wanted out of the empire game, but let's say here they agree. A reasonably large naval, air and army base could be held there indefinitely if the UAE are...

  2. Is a British "Imperial Federation" tenable in the long term?

    It does feel a little bit like we've started with the conclusion "Britain is an irrelevant country so why would anybody want to be close to it", and now we're awkwardly trying to make the pieces fit to justify the conclusion.

  3. Is a British "Imperial Federation" tenable in the long term?

    Haha. Ok, well we got to the end point quickly enough. I obviously think this is absolute nonsense but at least I know there's no point carrying on.

  4. Is a British "Imperial Federation" tenable in the long term?

    There has to be a definition for countries like Britain/France that doesn't lump them in with Luxembourg otherwise it's impossible to discuss relative power in any meaningful sense. Diplomatic tensions between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands? Well, who has the upper hand there...

  5. Is a British "Imperial Federation" tenable in the long term?

    My least favourite thing about the "small island" thing is that Great Britain is one of the biggest islands in the world. If you include Australia as an "island" rather than a continent, Great Britain is still in the top 10 biggest islands on earth. So as well as being stupid, it's wrong.

  6. Is a British "Imperial Federation" tenable in the long term?

    I think you're confusing "Great Power" with "Superpower", both in terms of what Britain gave up after Suez and what the USA and China are. Britain is a 'Great Power' if such a thing exists, for the reasons listed above. Economic size, military spending, power projection etc. If you don't think...

  7. How much would it cost the modern UK to rebuild the Royal Navy to 1960s/70s levels of fleet strength?

    Oh sure, I just mean if we're in some sort of lala land where the UK decides to spend $300bn on the navy and decides we need it as soon as humanly possible then that would be a way to bring the completion date forward from 2050 or whenever.

  8. How much would it cost the modern UK to rebuild the Royal Navy to 1960s/70s levels of fleet strength?

    Policy is currently to build all RN vessels in the UK. Nothing stopping the UK giving contracts to yards across the world to get it done ASAP.

  9. How much would it cost the modern UK to rebuild the Royal Navy to 1960s/70s levels of fleet strength?

    This year and next the UK goverment is estimated to spend £589bn ($822bn) on covid support alone according to the BBC . If we take the high estimate of Calbear's estimates earlier we get $147bn. Assume we double this for the increase in personnel, pensions etc to $300bn and it's ~36% of two...

  10. If Japan only declares war on Netherlands and US, does GB join in?

    Whatever Porfirio Diaz and the Ayatollahs might say, Churchill would have found it a bit easier to drum up support for FDR in the House than for Satan.

  11. If Japan only declares war on Netherlands and US, does GB join in?

    100%. Britain was desperate to get the US as an ally. It won't encourage the US to come in against Germany if Britain is sitting on the sidelines against Japan.

  12. A Blunted Sickle - Thread II

    Aggressive but delusional, like the bloke in the pub who is always talking a big game and looking for a fight, but is knocked out whenever he tries to pull that shit on the big boys (Britain and France)

  13. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    Arguments around the ability of Britain to move divisions around due to shipping constraints, so I just pulled together a bunch of stuff already on hand.

  14. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    Oh I know, I wasn't talking to you mate ;) OK, I appreciate @wiking for not accepting easy or glib answers, and so I'll try to satisfy your terms as best I can. So @Aber has told us the US supplied 7 divisions to the Med TTL, only 5 of which saw combat. You haven't disputed this, so I'm...

  15. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    Australia also recalled the 6th division from the MTO in January '42, so that's another ~20k men. They'd fought in Greece so let's not call them another garrison division...

  16. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    That's always the problem with this POD. If America doesn't join the war, it's because there's no war in the East. If there's no war in the east, then a lot must have changed. And if a lot has changed in the East, then there's no problem with Britain withdrawing a big chunk of their forces from...

  17. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    Without the loss of Burma and Japan sinking shipping in the Bay of Bengal, it would be much much better than OTL.

  18. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    When you put it like that, maybe Lady Astor had a point about D-Day dodgers...

  19. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    Yes you’re right - also the 8th went on to North Africa and Italy so I seriously underplayed their contribution!

  20. Ww2 Allied victory without USA?

    If you’re thinking of the 8th Indian, those troops fought in Persia during the Anglo-Soviet invasion surely? I mean 6 days so not exactly the eastern front but combat is combat...!
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