What if the Washington naval treaty of 1922 had allowed the British Royal Navy to keep its prior two power standard and build the Nelson class battleships and complete the rest of the admiral class (HMS Hood’s class) rather than have the same amount of capital ships as the American Navy?
For context the two power standard meant the royal naval would have more capital ships than the next to largest naval powers after the UK combined, in the context of this scenario, the USA and Japan.
Assuming the Americans, Italians, French and Japanese accept this agreement, what happens next?
How would a bigger Royal Navy affect ww2?
What ships that the Royal Navy scrapped would be retained?
Would this just mean the British empire had to spend more money on the Royal Navy to keep its ships running or would it be worth it for the Second World War?
How would this alter the naval strategies for the Kriegsmarine, Regia Marina and the Imperial Japanese Navy?
How could this alter some naval battles in the Second World War?
For context the two power standard meant the royal naval would have more capital ships than the next to largest naval powers after the UK combined, in the context of this scenario, the USA and Japan.
Assuming the Americans, Italians, French and Japanese accept this agreement, what happens next?
How would a bigger Royal Navy affect ww2?
What ships that the Royal Navy scrapped would be retained?
Would this just mean the British empire had to spend more money on the Royal Navy to keep its ships running or would it be worth it for the Second World War?
How would this alter the naval strategies for the Kriegsmarine, Regia Marina and the Imperial Japanese Navy?
How could this alter some naval battles in the Second World War?