Comments by "Bk Jeong" (@bkjeong4302) on "HSwMS Oscar II - Guide 354" video.

@themanformerlyknownascomme777 Frankly, none of them would have done well enough to make sense even if they were built by an opposing navy, since every major WWII navy failed to get sufficient return on investment out of their new battleships. The problem is that there were really only two ways to use battleships in WWII; use them as pointlessly gigantic and expensive supporting units akin to destroyers, or leave them in port and not use them at all. Neither option justifies building a strategic asset like a battleship. American Littorio/American Bismarck ends up the same way as the historical Iowas: as the world’s most gigantic and expensive CLAAs. Japanese Iowas end up the same way as the Yamatos or as the historical Iowas (see above). American Yamato would also obviously still end up as a failure in the vein of any non-Washington American fast battleship.
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