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I was recently reading about how, on the eve of WWII, all of the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) were in the middle of developing their own aircraft. I thought this was particularly interesting. Theoretically, say that the Soviets (for whatever reasons) doesn't occupy the Baltic states, allowing them to develop their own fighters and other military airplanes. What are some possible results?

Also, I saw listed a Lithuanian aircraft designer by the name of Jurgis Dobkevičius. He designed and tested 3 aircraft-Dobi I, Dobi II, and Dobi III. His designs were very interesting and were monoplanes in the 20s, which was a rare feat for the time. However, he tragically died in a crash involving the Dobi III of his design. Now say that he had lived on and the plane hadn't crashed. Would he have developed more advanced fighter designs? Could, possibly, little Lithuania become a leader in aircraft design come WWII?

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