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Where would the German naval engineers get the knowledge & [more relevantly] foresight for such a thing? Keep in mind that hybrid carriers were seen as normal back in the late 20s to mid 30s (the US converted carriers of the lexington class and the Japanese carrier Kaga (before her refit) all...

A failed sealion might be just the kick in the pants needed for the reich to go into full wartime economy earlier than OTL, which will definitely make them more dangerous down the road. The UK (and various resistance groups) would still lack the capability to do anything in the short term (which...

A major bottleneck for the expansion of the Imperial German army pre-wwi was the aristocratic nature of the officer corps and their unwillingness to expand/loosen that, with another major issue being the component parts (and the perception/reality that it's heavily Prussian dominated) (which led...

Which might have already happened, as it's implied in some of the earlier entries that the USSR had a more extended power struggle between Stalin & Trotsky and is generally significantly behind in industrial capacity [compared to OTL]. That along with the greater purges and the more intense...

The meta issue with Germany doing better (but still not outright winning) is that there won't be anyone strong/relevant enough to stir shit up on a large scale by the 1960s (unless the plot twist is that it isn't going to be a WWIII but something else entirely).

Wehraboos rarely give a shit about anything not catering specifically to the tip of the spear, especially not nerd shit that doesn't directly go pew pew.

Have Baron von Ungern beat the bolsheviks and form an Euasian empire while the western countries float their armies on the stock exchange.

Wasn't that just the backstory of Twilight: 2000?

By a decade or even more, if the world wars (and similarly large wars) do not happen, but [realistically] that there's still friction and competitive nature between the great powers (and their flunkies). "But what about all the scientific and technological innovation from those wars?" Bruh OTL...

HARD times calls for HARD MEN to make HARD CHOICES while HARD. The average AH member is not hard enough to make those hard choices while hard, nor comprehend the circumstances under which those hard choices must be made. "Did you really have to go 500km out of your way to burn down that...

Unlikely to work as predreadnoughts are stuffed to the gills with small to medium rapid fire guns precisely to deal with a bum rush of smaller units (at the time torpedo boats). Chances are any light cruiser bum rush will get lit up first before they could deal enough damage.

The main bottleneck for german warship production (outside of budget considerations) is manufacturing of large guns, while the method the germans produce their guns is superior to the british when it comes to quality (according to Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 anyways) it...

Misery builds character and that world is building the best characters. A DPRK sized PRC would be an order of magnitude poorer than the PRC of OTL, but it would be militarized out of the wazoo and ironically more "respected"/feared on the international stage (alt-PRC wouldn't even blink about...

Not necessarily. As a lack of wars occurring doesn't remove the potential of wars (especially as those ITTL would not have meta knowledge like the writers/authors), and rocketry would have to happen as traditional artillery reached a point beyond the practical (probably bigger than 800mm of OTL...

The destruction of large amounts of resources and people (including many scientific minds, as in actual, not just potential) tend to stunt scientific advancements, yes. Without the world wars (OTL, alt equivalent, etc.) the private sector and civilian consumer tech will certainly advance faster...