Because the British working class walks to the south coasts and salutes the French working class.France goes communist, British establishment shits bricks.
Because the British working class walks to the south coasts and salutes the French working class.France goes communist, British establishment shits bricks.
Because the British working class walks to the south coasts and salutes the French working class.
France could just as easily go Fascist which would have about the same effect. The Extreme left and right both made strong inroads in France between the wars.That's too radical.
The butterflies an event like that would unleash have changed the history of the world beyond recognition by 1930 and from then onwards.
Very good. (I'm not being flippant.)Like this?
Is that Harvey Smith's face behind the raised arm?
No. If the British working class did make the "Two Finger Salute" to the French working class, the British establishment would sleep soundly in its collective bed that night.
What about a dispute over a relatively close colony, where the need of a modernized navy are shown, like say Italy harrassing the British Mandates in the Levant and Egypt. Or the Spanish Civil war threatening to spill into Gibraltar.
Or even an early Argentinian madness to claim the Malv-er-Falklands.
Or even an early Argentinian madness to claim the Malv-er-Falklands.
As do their cruiser screen, the Destroyers of the era due to their limited range and seakeeping as compared to cruisers and capital ships will probably stay home. I guess they kept the Renowns at home due to them in theory not being 12" gun proofAdmirals Nelson, Rodney and Hood share their amusement.
They've just fought and won "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS", why pay for what you've just made sure will never be needed?Do you even need a particularly potent outside threat when the Royal Navy is already the world's largest, has kept Britain safe and keeps the Empire together? An attitude of Si vis pacem, parabellum, should be enough.
They've just fought and won "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS", why pay for what you've just made sure will never be needed?
The Sound Mirrors in Kent face towards Paris.France, is more likely than @Peg Leg Pom thinks.
The impression I’ve always had is that the RAF desperately needed a justification for existence and so invented an existential threat from France to get it some budget. A “biplane gap” worthy of Dr Strangelove.The Sound Mirrors in Kent face towards Paris.
Good news! I found my copy of Nelson to Vanguard! It was hidden under a collectors Edition version of Diablo III.
Whilst I've not gone through it all, some advice for the RN.
Adopt chemical additives in the feed water for the boilers. This will help keep the boilers clean and reduce maintenance from roughly every 750 hours sailing to possibly around every 2000 hours sailing which was achived on USN vessels.
Such cleaning chemical additives are not some future tech, but are already in use on British powerplants, it was just not adopted by the RN because the E-in-C department said so, seemingly out of a lack of understanding about boilers.
Also look at the USN's advances in engines that came around in 1935, their destroyers engines were smaller, less top heavy and more efficient than the RN's and suffered no significant breakdowns. So investigating what the Yanks are doing and perhaps adopt some of their advances.
Also buy the USN's sealant for steam pipes, its far more efficient and effective than that used by the RN (old 4-stacker's engines and pipes leaked less than RN destroyers in WW2.) Also seek to adopt the USN's anti-fouling paint.
Improvements in the engines if based or at least influenced on USN layout and design could reduce fuel consumption. The USS Washington was noted as being 39% more efficient than KGV was in terms of fuel consumption at low speeds, and still superior at higher speeds, giving them longer endurance.