The other butterfly is that the defeat of Japan in 1905 undermines the British options in the Far East and for dealing with the threat of a possibly revitalised Russia and it’s ambitions in Central Asia and the Middle East.
Britain faces the reality of backing and rebuilding its ally to...
From the early 1930s onwards, I’d agree with you. However there are any combination of events that could have enabled the continuation of democracy in Japan at the time. There are a few that whilst individually may not stop the drift towards authoritarianism, they represent significant social...
Disagree strongly here. Victory in the Russo-Japanese war does not ordain Japan down some inevitable authoritarian warmongering imperialist path over the course of the next 30 years. Throughout the 1910s and 20s there were many factors that contributed to the eventual failing of democracy and...
I recall reading years ago a timeline where there was a gradual creation and set up of a permanent international council in Geneva in the aftermath of the Eight Nation alliance in the boxer rebellion that cemented the international Edwardian era status quo.
Depends if they want to acknowledge British naval dominance, happy to be dominant on the continent, try and match it, or try and beat it.
Britain will spam out the remaining 15 inch armed ships, then move to 16.5 and 18 inch options already in the works. Anything prewar or even early war is...
In addition to adding the Indian Army manpower and equipment (and experience), there was also the potential for using greater manpower from the British African colonies, and for the increasing use of mechanisation on the Western Front. I’ve posted this before, but is relevant here:
I believe his media career would continue to expand - and he was already being well received and established in the US across several different markets. I believe his children would still follow that trajectory and work closely with him on his show/s and content.
However what is more...
Well if the Commonwealth offer is accepted, presumably this marks a shift in the trend of European development and cooperation between London and Paris, rather than Paris and Bonn.
Government expenditure as a proportion of GDP over the last 20 years.
Figure 2: total expenditure and the size of the economic response to COVID-19
Source - remarkably consistent across multiple governments...
Yep. Getting an established and developing civil society, with improving literacy and an emerging middle class that can support democratic institutions along with the foundations of uncorrupt local government and business/commerce is critical to bedding democracy down and it becoming engrained...
That's a policy that's not going to fly. Britain is still a global power, even if being challenged in many areas, and needs to compete, and nuclear weapons and technology (inc. the civilian side) are how you remain relevant post war.
Not even worth it as a trip-wire force then.
Or efforts are...
You don’t need a fleet train in the American sense when you have secure bases/ports/anchorages all around the world to operate from...
If you base anything out of Adelaide you may as well just build the bloody ships on the Murrumbidgee to keep them safe...🤪
This is what happens when 'fleet base Darwin' (or Sydney/Freemantle/Rabaul/Trincomalee) is raised. It potentially protects fleet assets but means the effectiveness to respond is dramatically reduced. Who in 1921 or even 1931 would have reasonably seen the Japanese launching their attacks from...