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Operational South American battleships increase wartime pressure

Keeping the regional dreadnoughts fully operable would make Brazilian and Argentine alignment more important to the wartime coalitions.

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Question

What if Brazil and Argentina had kept their battleships fully operable in 1940?

Short answer

Their usable capital ships would increase pressure on both states to align with and contribute to one of the wartime coalitions.

Notes

Operational battleships in 1940 would increase the pressure on Brazil and Argentina to take part in the Second World War. Their usable capital ships would make involvement more attractive to outside powers. No particular alliance or deployment is specified.