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Why fleet-reform scenarios stop at 1942

Later fleet reforms have less time to affect the war, while existing commitments increasingly determine what navies can change.

Question

Why are the fleet-reform scenarios limited to 1941-42?

Short answer

By that point, wartime commitments constrain what can be changed, and later reforms are unlikely to take effect before the war ends.

Notes

The proposed reform scenarios concentrate on 1941-42 because that period still leaves room to alter wartime outcomes. After 1942, the Axis fleets are judged to have fewer effective options. Existing commitments increasingly determine what can be done. A later change also needs time to take effect, and some would arrive too late to matter before the war ended.