The thread about German Naval Laws seems to have gotten pretty heated but it got me thinking about the jeune ecole. I'm not that deep into military history, but I guess I see the jeune ecole as a concept that called for technology that didn't exist at the time rather than an inherently flawed concept.
With a POD after 1820, can you think of a way for the jeune ecole to become the dominant school of naval thought by 1950? Even better, can you think of a way for it to completely supplant other ideas, like the Mahan fleet-in-being/decisive battle doctrine?
Maybe no major naval warfare except ones where subs are able to have a decisive impact, like the U.S./Japan conflict?
With a POD after 1820, can you think of a way for the jeune ecole to become the dominant school of naval thought by 1950? Even better, can you think of a way for it to completely supplant other ideas, like the Mahan fleet-in-being/decisive battle doctrine?
Maybe no major naval warfare except ones where subs are able to have a decisive impact, like the U.S./Japan conflict?