RamscoopRaider
Donor
Still hindsight, OTL budget battles led this philosophy to show up among some navies (but not others), without real combat to vindicate it this may not be considered the proper philosophy by the people doing the buying
Without a war on the horizon priorities would be different as the main enemy for the RN and USN is not the Germans and Japanese but the RAF and USAAC
Marginalizing the perceived effectiveness of aircraft against ships is the best way to fight that particular battle
To avoid WWII you need an early POD, certainly pre 1938, probably pre 1933, maybe even pre 1930 or pre 1920
That is a lot of scope for things and policy to change, and would butterfly all the building programs you mentioned
Without a war on the horizon priorities would be different as the main enemy for the RN and USN is not the Germans and Japanese but the RAF and USAAC
Marginalizing the perceived effectiveness of aircraft against ships is the best way to fight that particular battle
To avoid WWII you need an early POD, certainly pre 1938, probably pre 1933, maybe even pre 1930 or pre 1920
That is a lot of scope for things and policy to change, and would butterfly all the building programs you mentioned