This will be an alternative 1930's that has as a start a slightly different WW1 .Imperial Russia still falls, but again in a slightly different way, which in turn affects other places/people. I have no intention to ''Big up'' dictatorships of any kind. This is the story of people, not creeds.
At...
I’m still writing the end of ‘An Extra knot’ and adding to ‘Mr. Donaldson’s Company’ but I thought I’d post this and test the water so to speak.
All my other works are linear so to speak and all got regular updates, this one isn’t and won’t, if only because this coming year promises to be very...
The Russian autumn is fickle; by day it can sweat the great coat off a man, but its nights can turn a man’s toes bright blue.
But hot or cold the political officer knew his duty; the two hundredth and twenty second tank regiment was going back up the line and it was his duty to see that they...
And war often has the opposite effect!
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-gallipoli-campaign/introduction.
ANZAC day is huge here....and for good reason.
This may be a failure of imagination on my part but I can't see a way of doing this via war, what you describe is something like this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Federation
And for that IMO you need a much earlier POD
In this
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/u-s-military-isoted-to-1900-united-states.241407/
I had the same problem.
My solution was twofold
I/twin capitols.
2/ Federate India.
'India' was never a whole and there is no need to treat it as one.....and isn't that how the British ruled...
Hangs head in shame a vows not to rely on memory while on ah. Com and working at the same time.
But yes absolutely correct and that only reinforces the point I was clumsily trying to make.
Engine reliability is far and away better than it was.
So back in the day with Speys or something...
Don't be amazed . A good craftsman can work 'dead on' if he has to. That should bring both shame and pride. Pride that we could produce such men and shame that we relied on them far too long.
Even today with far more efficient and reliable engines ETOPS certified aircraft are limited to One hour on one engine distances. Nimrods exceed that so yes 4 engines.
Unless you want to limit the search radius?