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WI no one invents the radial engine?

POD in the early 1900s, Anzani never invents his 3-cylinder radial engine, so Bleriot uses some other type of engine to fly across the English Channel.
During WW1, nobody builds radial rotary engines.
In 1929, Lindbergh needs some other type of engine to solo the Atlantic.
No Wright radials to power American tanks during WW2.
No big radials to power WW2 bombers or naval fighters.
No turbo-compound radials to power the first generation of trans-Atlantic Constellations and DC-?
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