Who was Britain at war with in the early 1930s?Selling armaments overseas when Britain is fighting for its life in 1940 is admittedly not the best approach.
1940 is a completely different situation from the early 1930s.Who was Britain at war with in the early 1930s?
And according to the OP the 1930s was the start of the US civil war which is the time Europeans would be selling weapons to the US and building up their armaments industries to do so.1940 is a completely different situation from the early 1930s.
I mean, illict arms sales to the Spanish Republicans didn't do them or, for the matter, France any good...And according to the OP the 1930s was the start of the US civil war which is the time Europeans would be selling weapons to the US and building up their armaments industries to do so.
So 1940 in this TL will be a different situation to OTL.
Whose saying illicit - it will be sales to an entity claiming to be the legitimate US government for supplies to equip regiments plus any aircraft that are available.I mean, illict arms sales to the Spanish Republicans didn't do them or, for the matter, France any good...
The Spanish Republicans claimed to be the legitimate government of Spain too!Whose saying illicit - it will be sales to an entity claiming to be the legitimate US government for supplies to equip regiments plus any aircraft that are available.
The Nationalists under General George Van Horn Moseley?Although if this occurs before the Spanish Civil War it might find the Condor Legion deployed to help one side. Which would have ramifications in any later support to the Axis powers depending whether that side won or not.