Posted this on universal tanks, then thought maybe deserved as discussion in its own right.
I’ve noticed a growing trend, whilst we can discuss lots of topics, whit great hindsight; subjects like universal tanks, TSR2, Avro Arrow, CVA01 etc;
I’ve a head like a sieve, forgive the grammar errors, but it was stated, that we lost our best generals, when they were, majors, Captains Lieutenants in the trenches of the western front, we may also have lost our best captains of industry there as well.
One wonders what would’ve it been like without ww1.
Planes, tanks, aircraft carriers, submarines etc were all on the drawing boards.
Needs must, so would we actually have developed more slowly a similar military organisation/doctrine as we have today, but with capabilities of the meteor, centurion etc just coming into service?