Doing some research for a project Im working on and I would like some opinions.
If Anglo French European policy split apart in the mid 1930s. Lets say the Brits play hard ball with Mussolinis African ambitions in Ethiopia but France refuses to cooperate with the Empire fearing that Anglo Italian conflict would allow Germany to move unchecked.
This results in the Entente separating in Europe with differing and divergent European policy.
Lets say that this results in Japan saber rattling in the Pacific seeing the European powers as separated and weaked.
Someone in the foreign office suggests to the French that the Royal Navy and the Marine National deploying significant squadrons to Singapore and Saigon respectively would result in Japan backing down.
Would the France and Britain be willing and able to coordinate in the far east when they cannot in Europe. Would one power need to send a disproportionate force in order to convince the other that they are serious? For example the empire sends 7 capital ships if the French send 2?
I am hoping that a deal whereby the Brits agree to send 6 capital ships and the French send 3 capital ships with a similar deployment of heavy cruisers. My main problem is would an Entente that is failing to cooperate in Europe be willing to cooperate in the far east.
If Anglo French European policy split apart in the mid 1930s. Lets say the Brits play hard ball with Mussolinis African ambitions in Ethiopia but France refuses to cooperate with the Empire fearing that Anglo Italian conflict would allow Germany to move unchecked.
This results in the Entente separating in Europe with differing and divergent European policy.
Lets say that this results in Japan saber rattling in the Pacific seeing the European powers as separated and weaked.
Someone in the foreign office suggests to the French that the Royal Navy and the Marine National deploying significant squadrons to Singapore and Saigon respectively would result in Japan backing down.
Would the France and Britain be willing and able to coordinate in the far east when they cannot in Europe. Would one power need to send a disproportionate force in order to convince the other that they are serious? For example the empire sends 7 capital ships if the French send 2?
I am hoping that a deal whereby the Brits agree to send 6 capital ships and the French send 3 capital ships with a similar deployment of heavy cruisers. My main problem is would an Entente that is failing to cooperate in Europe be willing to cooperate in the far east.