- Raptorx7
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"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"
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How much bigger are we talking here? Even with an emphasis on the Pacific how would you deal with the Atlantic? The Germans only had 48 U-Boats at the start of WW2 and still managed to sink millions of tonnage. You would have suffered more in a Pacific centered Royal navy. Also, the you certainly would not have outmatched the Japanese, maybe equaled them. If you didn't have carriers it really wouldn't have mattered for the most part.
Posted by: lonepaul2441
Posted by: Raptorx7
Britain would have never made enough ships at that point to cover there entire empire. I think your being a bit to biased here... Even with all of those ships how would they be resupplied/refueled and maintained in an area that the Japanese dominated? Not to mention the Battle in the Atlantic was much more important in terms of convoy escort to keep your home island safe.
Posted by: lonepaul2441
Posted by: Raptorx7
Posted by: lonepaul2441
As many of us know Japan ended up attacking Britain when it invaded Singapore and then America, both Navies where incapable of fending off Japan at 1st. (Could have been avoided for the Royal Navy I imagine if it had more ships).
I actually don't think more ships would have made a difference unless they were AC's. When repulse and (King George?) were sent out to Singapore they were destroyed by the Japanese airforce which enjoyed for the most part aerial superiority over Singapore. They where 2 ships that where available at the time.
Imagine if for 100 ships America built, Britain would have built another 100 ships to stay ahead. Those 100 ships would have been spread about the different fleets in different theaters including the Pacific.Malaya, Singapore, Australia, Chinese ports, America's west coast, Soloman Island's, India where all places British Fleets could have refuelled and resupplied.
But think about this for a minute if the British Pacific Fleet was larger (For example the Prime minister listening to his intelligence agency would have sent more ships as a deterrent) could have prevented the attack since the Japanese fleet would be greatly out matched.
Like I said if our PM of the time had listened it could have been avoided, so im not bias just quoting history.