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Originally Posted by Letum
The blueprints for the IXX existed before the war, but the project was put on hold due to lack of funding. This means that starting with a IXX in 1941 would only require a few small changes in history to be historically correct.  |
Actually, what I read just recently was that the Type XXI project was in place but put on hold in '41, not because of lack of funding, but due to the fact that they thought they'd have the war won within a year or two. (Actually, you may be right...that fact alone may have caused the lack of funding) By the time they realized they wouldn't have the war won (In mid to late '43) it was really too late to get the XXI off the drawing board and into production in significant numbers.